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Canadian Airman Falls from Plane and Lives
Series title:Fox Movietone NewsHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1943Item number (ISN):3373Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATIONAccession:1973-0124Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1943Production company:Fox Movietone NewsProduction credit:photography, Ross BeesleyDescription:A civil employee of RAFFC is in bed as nurse takes his pulse. MCU of Harry Griffith who survived incident aboard a Boston Bomber. Hanging from the nose hatch by his fingers, Griffith let go over frozen lake St. Louis as pilot, Captain Sidney Gerow, dived from 4000 ft. down to an altitude of 10 ft. over the ice. Plane speeding at 125 m.p.h. when Griffith is dropped. Griffith is seen being discharged, visiting the C/C, shaking hands with Captain Gerow, chatting, looking over defective hatch that nearly spelled "finis" for him.Language:MuteNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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