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Priest Shoots Photographer Out of North Kennebunkport Sky

Paramount News Cameraman Al Mingalone


 
Paramount News 20th Anniversary 1947 Reel 1

8 min 20 sec - Jan 3, 2007
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Description: Paramount News 20th Anniversary 1947 Newsreel 1927-1947 SPPN Images

Photo from Yankee Photographer by George Hill courtesy of Internet Archive.  Click on photo to download  or view the book at Internet Archive. 

Facts vary from the version told by Mingalone himself in his 1986 Yankee Magazine article.  Since George Hill was not present at Mingalone's flight I chose not to quote this source in my article but it is very interesting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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