Wings Of The West! 1940

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Titles read: "WINGS OF THE WEST!"

United States of America.

Flight from the East Coast to the West Coast on a Dakota aeroplane.

Several shots of DC3s / Dakota aircraft lined up, being prepared for flight and taking off at Newark Airport, New Jersey. Passengers board one of...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41524
Sort Number:
PT 524
Time in/Out:
01:44:18:00 / 01:48:29:00
Canister:
PT 524
Film ID:
1200.22
Issue Date:
15/04/1940

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