Adrift For Seven Days 1929

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Gibraltar.

Full titles read: "ADRIFT FOR SEVEN DAY - Spanish Atlantic Flyers - given up as lost - rescued by HMS Eagle arrive in Gibraltar."

L/S of the HMS "Eagle" approaching the port of Gibraltar, surrounded by many smaller vessels. L/S of the aeroplane on the dockside. Groups shots...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35997
Sort Number:
G 1622
Time in/Out:
01:47:58:00 / 01:49:16:00
Canister:
G 1622
Film ID:
794.32
Issue Date:
08/07/1929

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