"MORE WONDERFUL THAN EVER ... AMY"

"More Wonderful Than Ever ... Amy" 1932

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Full title reads: "Croydon. 'More wonderful than ever ... Amy' Amy Johnson (Mrs J A Mollison) safe home again after record braking flights to & from the Cape - her's and British aviation's greatest triumph!"

Croydon, Greater London.

Amy Johnson's small monoplane 'The Desert Cloud'...

Cataloguer:: Mark
Stock:: Black & White
Sound:: Sound
Media URN:: 5271
Sort Number:: 32/102

Time in/Out:: 01:14:28:00 / 01:17:06:00
Canister:: 32/102
Film ID:: 689.11
Issue Date:: 22/12/1932

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