The Surveyor 1933

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Titles read: "The Surveyor - We are taking you over now to Durban, South Africa, where the Surveyor of today uses a 'plane - and a special type of aerial photography - to map out a town - ".

Durban, South Africa.

A man fixes a camera to the bottom of a small plane. Various aerial shots...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39148
Sort Number:
PT 157
Time in/Out:
01:16:15:00 / 01:17:55:00
Canister:
PT 157
Film ID:
1124.09
Issue Date:
27/03/1933

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  • The aeroplane shown is a de Havilland DH80A Puss Moth registered ZS-ADK on 31 Oct 1931, impressed into SAAF service in March 1940 as No. 1569 and SOC (struck off charge) on 13 July 1944.

    Hayling_Billy 11th Dec 2012

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