A Lucky Escape 1923

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Item title reads - A lucky escape. "Metagama", with over a thousand emigrants aboard, collides with cargo steamer on the Clyde. Scotland.

M/S of the ship with big hole in the front, the camera pans across it. C/U as camera pans up and across all the damage done to the front of the ship.

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23097
Sort Number:
G 0985
Time in/Out:
01:50:13:00 / 01:51:02:00
Canister:
G 985
Film ID:
274.32
Issue Date:
04/06/1923

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