A Novel Launch 1930

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Full title reads: "Newcastle-on-Tyne. A Novel Launch. H.M.S. Bulldog takes the water all ready for the sea, complete to smallest detail."

Newcastle-On-Tyne, Tyne and Wear.

Very dark shots of people waiting to launch warship HMS Bulldog. A may is noting that the ship is being launched...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
6729
Sort Number:
30/055
Time in/Out:
01:17:51:00 / 01:19:26:00
Canister:
30/55
Film ID:
737.14
Issue Date:
08/12/1930

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