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A Lucky Escape 1928
Description
Full titles read: "A lucky Escape - Steamer "Jennie" crashes in busy Woodside Ferry stage causing much damage but no casualties."
Birkenhead, Merseyside (formerly in the county of Cheshire).
L/Ss show the steamer ship 'Jennie' in the water at Birkenhead; several men are standing on...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 33668
- Sort Number:
- G 1472
- Time in/Out:
- 01:31:44:00 / 01:32:40:00
- Canister:
- G 1472
- Film ID:
- 714.24
- Issue Date:
- 26/01/1928
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