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Towards the Stars - By Windmill

Series

Series Name
Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.
739-1
Date Released
22 Oct 1925
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Towards the Stars - By Windmill
  2. 2Girl Undergrads as Dairy-Maids
  3. 3Shrine of the Gunners
  4. 4Surely the Day of Hate is Dead?
  5. 5But Reason Vanquishes Vengeance!

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
Vertical ascent and descent made by Captain Frank Courtney in Spanish ‘windmill’ plane (autogyro) at Farnborough. With Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare.
Keywords
Politics and government; Aviation
Length of story (in feet)
64

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
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footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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