Try Out In Miniature 1940

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Titles read: "TRY OUT IN MINIATURE".

Virginia, United States of America.

Various shots of a working model of a full-scale aircraft being tested in a wind tunnel at an aircraft factory. The operator of the tunnel is able to control the movement of the aircraft as he would with a real...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15610
Sort Number:
PT 539
Time in/Out:
01:57:12:00 / 01:57:56:00
Canister:
PT 539
Film ID:
1204.31
Issue Date:
29/07/1940

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