Trips Over Alps By Airship 1900-1919

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Title reads: "THE LATEST NOVELTY. The town organises every day an ascent over the Alps in an airship".

Lucern (aka Lucerne, Luzern), Switzerland.

A new recreational attraction. LS of the airship setting out on trip, flying over field heading toward tree-covered hills (mountains not...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
76995
Sort Number:
ON 383 G
Time in/Out:
01:07:13:00 / 01:07:35:00
Canister:
ON 383 G
Film ID:
2450.06
Issue Date:
1900 - 1919

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