Thomas Sopwith 100th birthday
- Title
- Thomas Sopwith 100th birthday
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 18 Jan 1988
- Year of production
- 1988
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- Duration
- 00:03:39
- Description
- Interview with Tommy Sopwith, son of Sir Thomas Sopwith, inventor of the First World War fighter plane, the Camel who is 100 today. On some of his early racing flights in 1910/11; invention and construction of the Camel; birthday celebrations. Interview broadcast on Ocean Sound, Portsmouth. Male interviewer not identified (surname is Jones).
- Contributors
- Tommy Sopwith; ? Jones; Ocean Sound
- Keywords
- Aircraft; Military aircraft; Birthdays; Celebrations; Inventors; Thomas Sopwith
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