Soon To Be But A Memory 1923

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Item title reads - Soon to be but a memory. Last sections of the great hangar, which once housed the R-34 weighing 230 tons felled.

East Fortune airfield, East Lothian

M/S of a hot flame cutting through a piece of metal. L/S of the metal structure of the huge hangar, it starts to...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
24407
Sort Number:
G 1045
Time in/Out:
01:09:53:00 / 01:10:57:00
Canister:
G 1045
Film ID:
326.05
Issue Date:
31/12/1923

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  • The location for this clip is East Fortune airfield in East Lothian, where the R34's hangar was.

    jamied 2nd May 2012
  • Great - thanks!

    British Pathé 23rd May 2012

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