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Pilot "rides" aboard on ladder elevator. Footage from 1966

published on 22 December 2021 - 281 -

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Found on YouTube. Created by "British Movietone". Recorded on 1966-10-24. Originally published on 2015-07-21.

(24 Oct 1966) New idea saves hazard and hard work for pilots boarding ships at sea.

Editors note: There was a reason why this idea of a kind of ladder-elevator did not become accepted!

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