London - Melbourne Air Race 1934

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Full title reads: "For LONDON-MELBOURNE AIR RACE - D. H. Comet is Christened by Mrs Richard Linton, wife of Agent General for Victoria, at Hatfield."

Hatfield, Hertfordshire.

Crowds at Hatfield airport. A woman walks toward a new aircraft and breaks bottle of Champagne on it. She...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
9910
Sort Number:
34/080
Time in/Out:
01:12:55:00 / 01:14:27:00
Canister:
34/80
Film ID:
799.08
Issue Date:

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