Aircraft Carrier's Swimming Pool 1943

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Full title reads: "AIRCRAFT CARRIERS SWIMMING POOL".

Pacific Ocean.

During a break in the war in the Pacific some American sailors dive off the deck of a carrier and swim around in the safety pool formed by dropping the torpedo net. Various shots of the men swimming and diving - some...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37832
Sort Number:
43/005
Time in/Out:
01:44:53:00 / 01:45:35:00
Canister:
43/5
Film ID:
1071.25
Issue Date:
18/01/1943

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