Over The Alps And Far Away 1931

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France.

Introductory intertitle reads: "Leaving Chamonix 'drome with a little loaded cine-camera, and a lot of nerve - " M/S of plane about to take off from a snowy airfield. Passengers climb in - half a dozen men and women. The pilot is given a leg up and they take off. We see the plane in...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
15342
Sort Number:
EP 167
Time in/Out:
01:44:42:00 / 01:48:12:00
Canister:
EP 167
Film ID:
908.20
Issue Date:
23/02/1931

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