RAF Pageant AKA Our Wonderful Airmen 1922

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Hendon, London.

Full titles read: "OUR WONDERFUL AIRMEN - The RAF Pageant - to be held at Hendon on June 24th will eclipse anything ever seen in aviation anywhere."

Various shots of biplane performing stunts. It flies very close to the ground whilst swinging from side to side over...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22996
Sort Number:
G 0885
Time in/Out:
01:00:00:00 / 01:01:58:00
Canister:
G 885
Film ID:
270.01
Issue Date:
15/06/1922

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