To Be Twice As Big As R-101 1929

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Akron, Ohio, United States of America.

Full titles read: "TO BE TWICE AS BIG AS R-101- US navy starts work of building the ZRS-4 to eclipse ours and Germany's largest airships."

L/S of the building area where the new airship is to be built. Hundreds of people are crowded into the site....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19551
Sort Number:
G 1661
Time in/Out:
01:46:32:00 / 01:48:24:00
Canister:
G 1661
Film ID:
808.25
Issue Date:
21/11/1929

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