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Use Floating Island As Landing Field For Passenger Planes

Use Floating Island As Landing Field For Passenger Planes
Clip: 339370_1_1
Year Shot: 1930 (Actual Year)
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1501
Original Film: 002-061-04
HD: N/A
Location: San Francisco CA
Timecode: 00:50:23 - 00:50:45

High contrast, rolling images Amphibian air craft swoop down and then taxi to the float, climbing right out of the water onto it by their own power. - 'The button,' as it is called, is 500 feet wide and is moored by anchors and heavy cables. A plane takes off from the water.