Several short pieces of old 35mm film including approx 11 seconds of a Ca90 taking off, about three seconds of an unidentified large three-engined monoplane on the ground, and a four-minute film of the visit to the Caproni factory on 18th November 1940 by Franz Seldte, the German minister for labour (1933-1945) and his entourage. Much of the film is in unstable condition, so the above sequences have been transferred to electronic formats. However, there are short bits of original film: Caproni-Pensuti Triplane 'Il Piu Picolo Aeroplano del Mondo'- 6 frames of the tail and 8 of the aircraft; Ca90 prior to take off (9 frames), taking off (16 + 8) presumably further parts of the original (above) sequence; Ca133 in flight (8 frames), and six 'snippets' of the Stipa-Caproni- Luigi Stipa standing alone by his machine (35 frames, with another man (22 frames), the stationary aircraft on tarmac 3/4 view (50 frames), close up with engine running (6 frames), and static front views (14 + 14 frames; three strips of stills of documents in negative- Ca161 hight record, with pictures, a Caproni related newspaper article 14pp and another of air routes in South America
Several short pieces of old 35mm film including approx 11 seconds of a Ca90 taking off, about three seconds of an unidentified large three-engined monoplane on the ground, and a four-minute film of the visit to the Caproni factory on 18th November 1940 by Franz Seldte, the German minister for labour (1933-1945) and his entourage. Much of the film is in unstable condition, so the above sequences have been transferred to electronic formats. However, there are short bits of original film: Caproni-Pensuti Triplane 'Il Piu Picolo Aeroplano del Mondo'- 6 frames of the tail and 8 of the aircraft; Ca90 prior to take off (9 frames), taking off (16 + 8) presumably further parts of the original (above) sequence; Ca133 in flight (8 frames), and six 'snippets' of the Stipa-Caproni- Luigi Stipa standing alone by his machine (35 frames, with another man (22 frames), the stationary aircraft on tarmac 3/4 view (50 frames), close up with engine running (6 frames), and static front views (14 + 14 frames; three strips of stills of documents in negative- Ca161 hight record, with pictures, a Caproni related newspaper article 14pp and another of air routes in South America
Auction: Early Flight - The Caproni Collection & The Collectors Sale, 12th Nov, 2024
Early flight, Aeronautica, and the Caproni collection
Viewing
Saturday 9th November 10am to 13:00pm
Sunday 10th November 10am to 15:00pm
Monday 11th November 10:00am to 16:00pm
Tuesday 12th November 09:00am to 11:00am