Plane Saved By Parachute 1940

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Full title reads: "Plane Saved By Parachute"

Augusta, United States of America (USA).

VS of American pilot, Jimmy Goodwin, cutting the engine of his single engined monoplane and bringing it to earth by means of a very large parachute which lowers the aircraft gently to the ground....

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
21083
Sort Number:
40/071
Time in/Out:
01:14:22:00 / 01:15:07:00
Canister:
40/71
Film ID:
1055.14
Issue Date:
02/09/1940

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