Wide Wide World 1947

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Full title reads: "Wide Wide World".

Story on the series of air disasters with flashbacks to recent crashes (ex library stock).

MS a Dakota plane crashes as it taxis along a landing ground. LS Elevated view of the Swiss glacier crash. VS of a plane crash in city tower block. LS Various...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40606
Sort Number:
47/009
Time in/Out:
01:00:28:00 / 01:03:43:00
Canister:
47/9
Film ID:
1177.01
Issue Date:
30/01/1947

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