£200 Boat Prepares To Cross The Atlantic 1955

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Falmouth, Cornwall.

Two German girls and an Englishman are getting ready to cross the Atlantic in a sailing boat worth £200. GV. & SV. Polynesian sailing vessel in Falmouth Harbour. SCU. Sailing vessel, with two German girls attending to sails. CU. Ruth Merseburger and Jutta Schultze-Rhonhof...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
31101
Sort Number:
55/075
Time in/Out:
01:50:23:00 / 01:51:09:00
Canister:
55/75
Film ID:
543.33
Issue Date:
19/09/1955

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