Plane Rams Skyscraper 1946

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Thought to be Selected Originals from late 1940s material. 27/05/1946?

Manhattan, New York, United States of America (USA).

L/S of New York skyline at night. Various shots of the wreckage of the plane which crashed into the 58th floor of a skyscraper. A man looks at a parachute inside...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
60126
Sort Number:
UNSO 084 L
Time in/Out:
01:16:48:00 / 01:17:32:00
Canister:
UNSO Reel 084 L
Film ID:
1536.19
Issue Date:
27/05/1946

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