£6,000,000 Warship 1921

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Description

Item title reads - The £6,000,000 Warship, H.M.S. (HMS) Hood. It is part of the American proposal that we shall stop the construction of the four new Hoods.

M/S of the big warship in dock. M/S of it sailing away slowly. M/S of a tug, M/S as the tug pulls the warship along.

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22614
Sort Number:
G 0825
Time in/Out:
01:06:19:00 / 01:07:22:00
Canister:
G 825
Film ID:
248.08
Issue Date:
17/11/1921

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