Mosquitoes With Many Stings 1943

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Full title reads: "MOSQUITOES WITH MANY STINGS".

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Drawing Office at De Havilland factory where Mosquito fighter bombers are made. Various shots showing different stages of construction of the mainly wooden Mosquito aircraft. Finished Mosquitos being towed out of hangar...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38046
Sort Number:
43/036
Time in/Out:
01:04:22:00 / 01:06:07:00
Canister:
43/36
Film ID:
1083.03
Issue Date:
06/05/1943

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