The Archive · 1937

Two Italian Planes Down in Spain

Valencia, Oct. 25.

Two Italian Savoia planes were brought down by Republican fighters near Barcelona to-day, according to a communique. One machine fell into the sea and the other crashed on land, all five occupants being killed. Documents found on the bodies are alleged to reveal that they were Italians, "Fast" Exposures At the R.P.S. you see photographs taken in one hundred-thousandth of a second, a humming-bird in flight, a drop of milk splashing on a table and looking exactly like a coronet. But the Professional Photographers show how "snaps" may be taken in even one-millionth of a second, so that one may see how an athlete's calf muscles quiver as he prepares to jump, and the volcano projected by putting a red-hot poker into brine.

There are of course plenty of more normal photographs, a beautiful set of interiors in Buckingham Palace, many new buildings, and some fine

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