The Conquest Of The Air Reel 1 1931

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Reel 1. Wardour Films Ltd. Produced by British Instructional Films Ltd. Welwyn Garden City.

Birds in flight by cliffs. Daedelus and Icarus in their island dungeon make wings. They then fly - models of the men wearing wings fly high over a Greek village. Icarus flies close to the sun and his...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
71054
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:00:07:00 / 01:08:08:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
1697.01
Issue Date:
1931

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