New Airship R-80 AKA Airship R.80 On Maiden… 1920

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Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

Intertitle: "OUR NEW AIRSHIP R.80 - behaves splendidly on maiden flight".

L/S of a gigantic airship being moved into a large air craft hanger, tiny figures can be seen moving around the entrance.

Various shots of the colossal ship landing, crowds...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
21882
Sort Number:
G 0687
Time in/Out:
01:46:17:00 / 01:47:42:00
Canister:
G 687
Film ID:
216.26
Issue Date:
22/07/1920

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