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HNL 1124: Aviation - Tiger Moths, DC3, Aerial shots, Flying Boat

Single aircraft flying in distance. Side view 3 Tiger Moth biplanes taxiing. Taking off together to camera, flying in formation . POV from plane during loop the loop, aerials of suburbs & coastline below. Aerial over Lavender Bay, North Sydney looking towards Sydney Harbour Bridge and city. Low aerial houses on harbourside . Aerials 2 flying boats anchored at Rose Bay . Ground shots 3 Tiger Moths flying in formation to camera
Access No. 41833 | 2 mins 26 secs | 1940s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
DC3 taxiing at Kingsford Smith Airport, Mascot, passengers waiting while luggage is unloaded, plane being refuelled, stretched car. Small biplane taxiing. Aerials NSW? beaches and coastline, suburban housing, possibly Pittwater & Lion Island. Brief aerial Sydney harbour and Harbour Bridge from north. Aerials countryside & suburbs
Access No. 41835 | 2 mins 59 secs | 1940s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Flying boat in sky, coming in to land over Bellevue Hill to Rose Bay . No shot of actual landing. Small ferry pulls alongside brings passengers ashore. Good shot of passengers at wharf disembarking from ferry followed by men carrying baggage.
Access No. 41840 | 1 min 2 secs | 1940s | Rose Bay, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |