Windmill Plane Test & Cuts 1926

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Hamble, Hampshire.

Title: "Windmill Plane Test. Try-out of first Air Ministry Cierva Aeroplane, prior to its first public appearance, at R.A.F. Display".

L/S of several men pulling a long rope attached to the blades of an early helicopter, Auto Gyro. Panning L/S of helicopter taking...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25843
Sort Number:
G 1305
Time in/Out:
01:43:56:00 / 01:47:10:00
Canister:
G 1305
Film ID:
504.18
Issue Date:
24/06/1926

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