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Supreme Airman 1921
Description
Item title reads - The Supreme Airman. Sir Hugh Trenchard unveils Memorial to Capt. Albert Ball who at 20 won V.C., D.S.O., etc. and brought down 45 enemy machines. Nottingham.
Huge crowds stand silently as the camera pans across them. Mourners and military people walk through to the statue....
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Emma
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- sound
- Media URN:
- 22482
- Sort Number:
- G 0805
- Time in/Out:
- 01:40:24:00 / 01:41:36:00
- Canister:
- G 805
- Film ID:
- 242.25
- Issue Date:
- 10/09/1921
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The film here is taken in the grounds of Nottingham Castle, where the monument to Albert Ball is located.
The date of the unveiling was 8 September 1921.