Portable Air Port [sic] Dublin Issue 1942

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Titles read: "PORTABLE AIR PORT [sic]" (Dublin issue).

North Carolina, United States of America.

Various shots of men laying out the portable flooring of an aerodrome at Hoffman. When they have finished assembling the runway a plane comes in and lands.

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43511
Sort Number:
42/002
Time in/Out:
01:17:30:00 / 01:18:13:00
Canister:
42/2 (Dublin)
Film ID:
1314.06
Issue Date:
05/01/1942

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