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Wind in the Wires

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1972
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BFF623003

Video title

Wind in the Wires

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Date

1972 AD (C20th AD)

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35mm cinema short on the history of aviation/flight narrated by James Mason. This highly successful film was widely distributed across UK cinemas in 1972, and was voted Top Documentary of the Year. Contains very rare footage of Wright Brothers together, very rare air-to-air footage of all vintage aircraft still flying in 1972 - now grounded. Impossible to film again.

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