Model Planes 1954

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Banstead, Surrey.

Various shots show Edward Norman preparing model aeroplanes for flight on Epsom Downs. He made all the models himself. Among the models seen are a Foker triplane, a Hawker Fury, a Jet Boulton Paul.

Edward picks up a Boeing F4 B4 plane and sets it off on a flight....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44548
Sort Number:
NP 531
Time in/Out:
01:13:14:00 / 01:16:05:00
Canister:
NP 531
Film ID:
1353.09
Issue Date:
15/11/1954

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