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Rubber Floats Through The Air 1940
Description
Titles read: "RUBBER FLOATS THROUGH THE AIR".
Long Island, United States of America.
Various shots of a single-engine light monoplane with rubber floats filled with air at the base sitting on an ice-covered lake. It was designed by American explorer Ashley McKinley for taking off from...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 41508
- Sort Number:
- PT 521
- Time in/Out:
- 01:12:25:00 / 01:13:30:00
- Canister:
- PT 521
- Film ID:
- 1200.06
- Issue Date:
- 25/03/1940
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