Round The World In A Flying Boat! 1932

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Full title reads: "Friedrichshafen. Round the World in a Flying Boat! Von Gronau & crew of Dornier Wal - home again after 70,880 miles flight."

Friedrichshafen, Germany.

The Dornier Wal seaplane comes in to land on a lake.

Shots from a boat that moves alongside the seaplane...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
5198
Sort Number:
32/095
Time in/Out:
01:34:01:00 / 01:34:56:00
Canister:
32/95
Film ID:
685.28
Issue Date:
28/11/1932

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