The Hell Diver 1941

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Item title reads - The hell diver.

Location of events unknown.

Various shots of the new American dive bomber being loaded with a bomb. It carries twice the bomb cargo of any diver in existence and goes over 100 miles an hour faster. Air to air shots of the dive bomber in flight.

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39554
Sort Number:
41/091
Time in/Out:
01:17:59:00 / 01:18:44:00
Canister:
41/91
Film ID:
1137.13
Issue Date:
13/11/1941

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