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The Big Boomerang (1962)

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clip Darwin Airport in the 1960s education content clip 2

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Clip description

Passengers cross the tarmac to board the new Boeing 707 jet aircraft. It stops in Singapore, Bangkok, Calcutta, Karachi, Cairo, Rome and London.

Curator’s notes

Note the cloud of smoke as the plane takes off.