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Wind in the Wires

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Largest available format 720 × 576 px 4,295 MB
Dimension [pixels] File size [MB] Duration [Seconds]
Footage 720 × 576 px 4,295.0 MB 37202
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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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© Buff Film & Video Library / Bridgeman Images
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