Sonic Bangs For Aviation Minister 1965

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Title reads: "SONIC BANGS FOR AVIATION MINISTER".

Sound barrier noise demonstration by planes at Upwood, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire?

L/S village. C/U signpost. Various shots press and VIPs gathered for demonstration; including MP Roy Jenkins (Minister of Aviation), MP John...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
55336
Sort Number:
65/034
Time in/Out:
01:25:21:00 / 01:27:59:00
Canister:
65/34
Film ID:
1796.15
Issue Date:
26/04/1965

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