Rotor Ship's First Voyage 1925

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Item title reads - Rotor ship's first voyage with Pathe cameramen onboard, the shipping world's mystery ship leaves Dantzig for Kiel and England. Kiel, Germany.

L/S of the ship with two big towers, a smaller boat sails alongside. M/S of the ship, it also has a big mast in the middle. L/S of...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24878
Sort Number:
G 1164
Time in/Out:
01:52:07:00 / 01:53:51:00
Canister:
G 1164
Film ID:
374.19
Issue Date:
16/02/1925

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  • Pictured here is the rotor-operated ship "Buckau", the invention of German physicist Anton Flettner.

    Lots more information on the vessel can be found here.........

    http://labspace.open.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=366425

    jamied 28th Dec 2012
  • More footage of the ship can be seen in clip 362.23.

    jamied 28th Dec 2012

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