Ammunition Ship 'woomera' Blows Up 1960

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Unissued / Unused material -

Title reads: "Navy Disaster. 'Woomera Blows Up'." Australian voiceovered newsreel material.

Australia.

LS British destroyer 'HMS Cavendish' at Garden Island, Sydney. LS The 'Cavendish' coming alongside. CUs Photograph of the ammunition ship 'Woomera'...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
82034
Sort Number:
UN 3425 A
Time in/Out:
01:11:43:00 / 01:12:29:00
Canister:
UN 3425 A
Film ID:
2794.10
Issue Date:
1960

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