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Sydney, Australia.

Title reads '15 Die when Viscount Crashes into Botany Bay'.

Elevated long shot of rough seas breaking on rocks, pan up to long shot of naval ship off shore. Various shots of rescuers on the shores of Botany Bay searching through wreckage of Viscount plane that is...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
70163
Sort Number:
UN 3563 A
Time in/Out:
01:41:53:00 / 01:46:35:00
Canister:
UN 3563 A
Film ID:
2609.22
Issue Date:
1961

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