The World Wonder Flyers! 1931

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Full title reads: "America. The World Wonder Flyers! First pictures of the two amazing airmen - Harold Gatty and Wiley Post with their machine 'Winnie Mae' on their departure from Roosevelt Field."

Intertitle reads: "Navigator Gatty - photographing for the Pathe Gazette - has with him the first...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
12113
Sort Number:
31/054
Time in/Out:
01:31:33:00 / 01:32:41:00
Canister:
31/54
Film ID:
847.18
Issue Date:
07/07/1931

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  • "They are standing next to their plane" - it's a Lockheed Vega monoplane.

    jamied 7th Jul 2012

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