Port Washington 1936

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Title reads: "Port Washington".

United States of America (USA).

VS of a German flying boat on the deck of a ship. VS of mechanics working with machines to catapult the plane into the air. The flyingboat takes off on a transatlantic flight from New York to the Azores. VS of plane in...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
85009
Sort Number:
36/076 / UNI GAZ 021
Time in/Out:
01:51:05:00 / 01:51:39:00
Canister:
36/76 / UNI GAZ ROLL 21
Film ID:
2957.47
Issue Date:
21/09/1936

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  • The aircraft featured here is a Dornier Do 18 flying boat, Reg. No. D-ABYM, named "Aoelus".

    jamied 13th Jun 2012

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