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1928 UNKNOWN LOCATION: QUIRKY: Wing flap plane collapses
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0:39Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1928
Location: Unknown location
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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CAPTION - INTERNATIONAL NEWSREEL - WING FLAP 'PLANE - INVENTOR JARRED AS DEVICE SOMERSAULTS
UNKNOWN LOCATION - PRESUMABLY USA (?)
Wing flap plane reversing/ " plane " with three wheels / feathers like wings
Close of pilot George White in cockpit / talking to unidentified man / pilot moving the controls
Plane taxiing along sands / somersaulting
CAPTION ; CAPTAIN GEORGE R WHITE IS PULLED OUT OF THE WRECKAGE - BRUISED BUT NOT SERIOUSLY HURT
People surrounding overturned plane / pilot getting up /.standing next to wreckage of plane
People and cars near wrecked plane
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