Memorial To Aviation Issue Title - Ups And… 1940

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L/S of the cliff tops looking out over the Tasman Sea. L/S of large memorial engraving to aviator Lawrence Hargreaves. Several L/S's of reproduced models of Hargreaves kites. L/S of aborigine throwing a boomerang. Library footage and various...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43051
Sort Number:
NSP 244
Time in/Out:
01:03:37:00 / 01:05:44:00
Canister:
NSP 244
Film ID:
1298.03
Issue Date:
05/11/1940

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