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401977
  • Title
    Hood Collection part II, Box 057, nos. 117-139 : Silver Kronfeld glider; 'Narromine Wasp'; RAAF Lockheed Hudsons; Cinesound films soldiers; Aerial photograph
  • Call number
    ON 204/Box 57/nos. 117-139
  • Level of description
    file
  • Date

    approximately 1930-1941
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    401977
  • Physical Description
    6 negatives - 8 x 11 cm - glass
    17 negatives - 8 x 11 cm - film
  • Scope and Content
    117-119. Alfred Pella (Pellen?) and Silver Kronfeld primary glider
    120-122. Monospar 'Narromine Wasp' VH-UST of Western and Southern Provincial Airlines on the ground and in flight
    123-130. Five RAAF Lockheed Hudsons in flight, the first US military aircraft purchased by Australia in 1941 because of doubts over British supply
    131-138. Cinesound films Army military parade of soldiers, in both shorts and long pants, at their barracks
    139. Aerial photograph of rural land
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment - Applies to ON 204/Box 57/nos. 117-122
    This material is held in cold storage and requires 3 working days notice to retrieve. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian - Applies to ON 204/Box 57/nos. 123-139
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright:
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • Description source

    Titles, dates and contents lists in this series based on the Hood register with additional notes by Ted Hood
  • General note

    Silver Kronfeld primary glider at (photograph[s] at ON 204/Box 57/nos. 117-119) is possibly the record-breaking glider illustrated and described in Reference: Flypast: a record of aviation in Australia by Neville Parnell and Trevor Boughton, AGPS, Canberra, 1988, p. 85 (Q629.1300994/2)
  • Alphanumeric designations

    Original Hood box unnumbered (quarter plate)
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