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British "Flying Flea" Piloted by Mr S Appleby Flies the Channel in Thirty Five Minutes

Date released

9 Dec 1935

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

203

NoS ID

053917

Story no

2 / 14

Extras

1 film clip

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World News in a Flash: The Flea Car

Date released

28 Oct 1957

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

2847

NoS ID

158211

Story no

5 / 8

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Flying Flea Flops

Date released

29 Jul 1935

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

461

NoS ID

034005

Story no

2 / 6

England’s smallest plane crashes! 10 hp "sky-bug" disappoints on maiden hop.

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Flying Flea Arrives

Date released

19 Aug 1935

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

467

NoS ID

034050

Story no

4 / 6

It’s flown the Channel. Midget ‘plane confounds critics, making half-hour flight from France.

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The "Flying Flea" Piloted by M Mignet Flies from Lympne to Heston

Date released

19 Aug 1935

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

171

NoS ID

053394

Story no

3 / 14

Extras

1 film clip

Including shots of baby ‘planes in America.

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Transport Contrasts

Date released

7 Mar 1938

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

799

NoS ID

144006

Story no

6 / 8

Frenchmen attempt to cross Alps with sleigh and huskies. Frenchman invests a motorcar "flea"

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Flying Flea Hops Up

Date released

13 Dec 1934

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

396

NoS ID

033595

Story no

6 / 7

Smallest plane in world. Inventor of tiny 12 mph [sic] machine (hardly bigger than a toy) does 70 mph on test flight.

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THE SEA FLEA

Date released

13 Oct 1927

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1728

NoS ID

386087

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: Doesn’t fly - doesn’t float, Half a ‘plane - half a boat...and can skim at 75 mph. Demonstrated at Putney.

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Midget Circus Thrills Paris

Date released

17 Feb 1949

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

49/14

NoS ID

102774

Story no

1 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Newest tourist attraction is the smallest show on earth - a tame flea circus.

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The Sea Flea

Date released

13 Oct 1927

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

1441; Super Issue No.: 27/82

NoS ID

086319

Story no

6 / 8

Extras

1 film clip

which looks like a mixture of glider, seaplane, submarine and ship, hops along during trials on the Thames.

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