The Last Valiant 1957

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Weybridge, Surrey.

SV. Air to air of the Valiant in flight, & SCU. GV. Vickers Valiant bomber on the aerodrome at Weybridge, crowd around the plane. SV. Head on shot of nose of aircraft. SV. Crew walking towards aircraft, they get in. Back view of the Valiant. CU. Jet engines. GV. Valiant on...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
48859
Sort Number:
57/070
Time in/Out:
01:46:31:00 / 01:47:46:00
Canister:
57/70
Film ID:
1499.32
Issue Date:
29/08/1957

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