"Plane Safety!" 1938

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Titles read: "PLANE SAFETY!"

Various locations of events.

Several brief shots of boats on rough sea, a wrecked ship in a storm, a crashed plane. Commentator talks of navigators piloting their craft without any outside aid, at the mercy of the elements. Brief shot of a blind man walking...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40291
Sort Number:
PT 416
Time in/Out:
01:17:05:00 / 01:19:28:00
Canister:
PT 416
Film ID:
1166.10
Issue Date:
14/03/1938

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