[Ads-l] Movie term antedates
Bill Mullins
amcombill at HOTMAIL.COM
Fri Oct 5 20:46:58 UTC 2018
aerial shot -- oed has 14 Aug 1920
_Seattle Daily Times_ 22 Jan 1920 p 12 col 3
"Director David Kirkland was anxious to obtain a long aerial shot of this scene, but there appeared to be no elevation from which it could be taken."
[this is an earlier instance of the same citation as is currently used by the OED]
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