[Mexican bullfight] [motion picture] [195-?]

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[Mexican bullfight] [motion picture] [195-?]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/298470007

Scenes from a bullfight in Mexico where Oregon aviator Percy G. B. "Bud" Morriss is a guest of honor.

1 film reel of 1 (224 ft.) : si., color; 16 mm. orig. pos.

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Morriss, P. G. B. (Percival George Brockhurst), 1884-1944

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Percival George Brockhurst Morriss (1884-1944), a native of England, learned to fly at Brooklands racetrack in 1909. Soon after that he came to the United States. A former assistant engineer in the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, he championed the use of wireless to communicate with airplanes in flight. He worked as a pilot for the Bleriot company, and by 1911 he had become associated with the Benoist Airplane Company of St. Louis, Mo., as a pilot, instructor and salesman. He al...