3,000 Feet Under The Sea 1934

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Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown.

Title reads: "3,000 Feet Under The Sea - Record Descent by Scientists in the Atlantic.:

Men climb inside the Bathysphere (a round diving bell) they are sealed in and lowered of the side of a ship into the water....

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
58013
Sort Number:
UN 0075 I
Time in/Out:
01:24:16:00 / 01:25:09:00
Canister:
UN 75 I
Film ID:
482.07
Issue Date:

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