USA Largest Sea Plane 1954

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Unissued / Unused material -

Title reads: "80 Ton Sky Monster Joins The Navy". American voiceovered newsreel material.

San Diego, California, United States of America (USA)

AV of the Convair Tradewind, America's largest sea plane at anchor. LS Flying boat taking off from...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
81258
Sort Number:
UN 2599 G
Time in/Out:
01:31:22:00 / 01:32:13:00
Canister:
UN 2599 G
Film ID:
2757.08
Issue Date:
1954

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