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Pictured Paragraphs From The World's News… 1940
Description
Full title reads : "Pictured Paragraphs From The World's News"
MS & CUs. of Lieutenant Barrett of RASC walking in his garden with the eight year old French war orphan boy, Jacques Verger, that he adopted after finding him in France.
Manchester, Lancashire.
CU Sign: Bennett...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- sound
- Media URN:
- 20868
- Sort Number:
- 40/050
- Time in/Out:
- 01:48:21:00 / 01:50:08:00
- Canister:
- 40/50
- Film ID:
- 1047.36
- Issue Date:
- 20/06/1940
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"Jaques Verger" should read Jacques Verger, a short newspaper piece confirming that here.....
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19400713&id=Bf0uAAA
AIBAJ&sjid=0NsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=344
8,2400972
The helicopter seen is an early test model of the the Sikorsky VS-300. Igor Sikorsky himself is piloting the craft. More info here.....
www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Rotary/Si
korsky_VS300/HE8G2.htm
That's great. Thanks very much.