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1922 Pigsfly in an aeroplane at Croydon aerodrome
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0:25Now PlayingDate: 12th January 1922
Location: CROYDON, SURREY
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Can Pigs Fly? Yes! for here we see four pedigree pigs leaving Croydon in Farman Goliath, for their new home at Strassbourg
ENGLAND: Surrey: Croydon:
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CROYDON, SURREY
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GV. Crates being loaded onto biplane
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SCU. Pigs locking out of biplane windows (2 shots)
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SCU. Pilot taking official papers
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LV. Group of men standing around biplane
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Animals - Domestic, Aviation, Great Britain, swine, air cargo, livestock, peacetime, postwar, interwar, interbellum, WWI, World War I, Great War, First World War
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