Record British Airship Flight AKA Airship's… 1910

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Title reads: "Record British Air-ship Flight. Mr. E. T. Willows has flown in his air-ship from Cardiff to London, travelling 150 miles in 10 hours".

CU Willows sitting at the controls and adjusting steering wheel etc. Pilot's seat is in a precarious looking sort of cage hanging from the blimp....

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
76990
Sort Number:
ON 383 B
Time in/Out:
01:00:05:00 / 01:00:36:00
Canister:
ON 383 B
Film ID:
2450.01
Issue Date:
1910

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