News Flashes 1956

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FLYING LABORATORY PLANE DETECTS MINERALS

Radlett, Hertfordshire.
LV. DC 3 plane disappearing in distance after takeoff. SV. Plane in flight with detecting attachment fixed underneath. GV. A man adjusting the payout device inside the plane. CV. The roller paying out the wire. GV. Air to...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
32124
Sort Number:
56/053
Time in/Out:
01:01:08:00 / 01:02:58:00
Canister:
56/53
Film ID:
599.02
Issue Date:
02/07/1956

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