Trans-Atlantic Flight Disaster AKA Transatlantic… 1926

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Full title missing, according to issue sheet it reads: "Trans-Atlantic flight disaster. Captain Fonck's New York - Paris plane crashes within a few moments of taking off and in an instant becomes a raging inferno".

New York, United States of America (USA).

Various shots of aeroplane...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
26273
Sort Number:
G 1333
Time in/Out:
01:31:38:00 / 01:33:04:00
Canister:
G 1333
Film ID:
638.12
Issue Date:
30/09/1926

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