Pilotless Plane Crosses The Atlantic 1947

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Brize Norton, Near Witney, Oxfordshire.

Pilotless plane crosses the Atlantic. It appears to have used a form of automatic pilot.

MS the Skymaster plane.

CU the nose of the plane showing the insignia and name "Robert E Lee".

CU the interior control panel.

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41248
Sort Number:
47/078
Time in/Out:
01:41:29:00 / 01:42:40:00
Canister:
47/78
Film ID:
1191.24
Issue Date:
29/09/1947

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