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Pilotless Plane Flies Atlantic 1947
Description
Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations unclear / unknown.
United States of America - September 1947.
Shots of radio-controlled plane on an airfield, guarded by two USAF men. The plane takes off and we see it in flight.
Men watch the plane from a control tower.
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 64153
- Sort Number:
- UN 1813 B
- Time in/Out:
- 01:11:32:00 / 01:13:17:00
- Canister:
- UN 1813 B
- Film ID:
- 2170.04
- Issue Date:
- 1947
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