Miami Air Show Thrills 1940

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Full title reads: "Miami Air Show Thrills".

Miami, Florida, United States of America (USA).

GV Airfield with stands packed with spectators.

MS Pan with biplane doing a loop.

MS Pan with a biplane dropping to earth by means of a giant parachute which lowers a plane...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20253
Sort Number:
40/009
Time in/Out:
01:55:30:00 / 01:56:10:00
Canister:
40/9
Film ID:
1033.51
Issue Date:
29/01/1940

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