An Almost Unsinkable Ferry 1932

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Full title reads: "Govan. An Almost Unsinkable Ferry - named 'Royal Iris II' by command of the King, so that memory of the original's gallantry at Zeebrugge should not be forgotten - launched from Harland & Wolff's famous yard."

Govan, Strathclyde, Scotland.

Young boy, possibly schoolboy...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
4882
Sort Number:
32/025
Time in/Out:
01:29:38:00 / 01:30:42:00
Canister:
32/25
Film ID:
667.15
Issue Date:
28/03/1932

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