Tragic Air Crash 1934

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Full title reads: "Ruysselede. Tragic air crash. Ten lives lost in appalling disaster to air liner 'Apollo' in Belgium."

Ruysselede, Belgium.

Pan down large mooring mast. Shots of building near mast. Various shots of wreckage of aircraft 'Apollo' which crashed. Snow is laying on the...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
8453
Sort Number:
34/002
Time in/Out:
01:44:43:00 / 01:46:15:00
Canister:
34/2
Film ID:
771.29
Issue Date:
04/01/1934

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