Model Aircraft 1948

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Reading, Berkshire.

Various shots of two men crafting model aircraft in a workshop. One of them is ex-Chindit Stanley Bristow, aged 26. He takes a finished model outside to show to a man in a boiler suit - probably Stanley's father, who also makes model planes for export. Bristow senior is...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34087
Sort Number:
NP 177
Time in/Out:
01:10:36:00 / 01:11:06:00
Canister:
NP 177
Film ID:
1247.06
Issue Date:
02/02/1948

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