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A Modern Noah's Ark 1923
Description
Item title reads - A modern Noah's Ark. S.S. (SS) Irishman sails with large cargo of animals for New York. Royal Albert Docks.
C/U of a big leopard in its cage. Another cage is carried out of a truck by four men and put on the ship. M/S of an elephant who refuses to go up the gangplank. M/S...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Emma
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 23606
- Sort Number:
- G 0963
- Time in/Out:
- 01:16:50:00 / 01:18:06:00
- Canister:
- G 963
- Film ID:
- 300.12
- Issue Date:
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