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Pilotless Plane Flies Atlantic 1947
Description
Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations unclear / unknown.
United States of America - September 1947.
M/S of the ladder to the radio-controlled plane being taken away and the door closed. Pan from the nose of the plane to the propellors which begin rotating. A man removes the...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 64154
- Sort Number:
- UN 1813 C
- Time in/Out:
- 01:13:21:00 / 01:16:22:00
- Canister:
- UN 1813 C
- Film ID:
- 2170.05
- Issue Date:
- 1947
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