Yeovilton - Phantom Jets 1968

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No title. US Phantoms join Royal Navy fleet air arm, Yeovilton (Yeovil, Somerset).

Ground to air shot of three Phantom fighter-bomber jets flying past escorted by two Vixens. L/S of a Phantom touching down on runway. Camera pans as it goes up runway showing the breaking parachute. L/S Phantom...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
56670
Sort Number:
68/037
Time in/Out:
01:25:58:00 / 01:27:53:00
Canister:
68/37
Film ID:
2057.19
Issue Date:
05/05/1968

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