New Monarch Of The Skies 1928

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Full titles: "New Monarch of the Skies - Government Airship R-101 nearing completion, will be World's largest... with gas capacity of 5,000,000 cubic feet."

Bedfordshire.

Various shots of the partly finished airship and men working on the structure of it. The airship looks enormous!

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35046
Sort Number:
G 1532
Time in/Out:
01:49:35:00 / 01:50:56:00
Canister:
G 1532
Film ID:
740.30
Issue Date:
27/08/1928

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  • Improving on the clip's current location, the venue here is The Royal Airship Factory at Cardington, Bedfordshire.

    jamied 28th Jun 2012

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