With Only Inches To Spare AKA Aeroplane… 1910-1919

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Title reads: "WITH ONLY INCHES TO SPARE. A. Goebel - an American Aviator - guides his plane through the narrow Arch of a Californian Bridge".

California, United States of America (USA).

Good point of view shot from behind pilot as biplane flies through arch of tall traffic bridge....

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
75170
Sort Number:
ON 215 P
Time in/Out:
01:17:12:00 / 01:18:09:00
Canister:
ON 215 P
Film ID:
2340.24
Issue Date:
1910 - 1919

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