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  • Short Summary

    Unidentified aeroplane takes off.

  • Description

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    Unidentified aeroplane takes off.

    N.B. Item found in Unidentified Gazettes reel.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    2735.41
    Media URN:
    80545
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    1930 - 1939
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:10:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:50:48:00 / 01:50:58:00
    Canister:
    UNI GAZ ROLL 35

Comments (1)

  1. Tinworm says

    The aeroplane is a de Havilland DH88 Comet. Built in 1934 and first registered in 1937. It had two Gipsy Six series 2 engines.

    It still exists and still flies. It is owned by the Shuttleworth Trust, Biggleswade, England.



    I am a PhD researcher researching the Democratisation of Private Flight
    peter.eveleigh@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

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