U.S.A.F. Colonels For A Day 1956

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Weathersfield, Essex.

Group of children visit Weathersfield Air Base to be honorary Colonels for a day after winning a competition.

M/S of child in flying helmet climbing steps into a plane cockpit. Pilot explains the controls to the young boy. Little girl climbs up steps to the cockpit....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1224
Sort Number:
CP 102
Time in/Out:
01:06:16:00 / 01:08:18:00
Canister:
CP 102
Film ID:
57.05
Issue Date:
10/12/1956

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