Superforts Speed Pacific War AKA Air Giants… 1945

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Unissued / Unused material.

Title reads - 'Air giants speed Pacific war.'

India. M/S Indian ladies with baskets on their heads walking past planes on airfield. M/S as B-29 Super Fortress bomber comes in to land. M/S of the plane.

Intertitle - 'Wichita'. (America). Interior...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
62793
Sort Number:
UN 1425 B
Time in/Out:
01:01:51:00 / 01:03:57:00
Canister:
UN 1425 B
Film ID:
2080.02
Issue Date:

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