As Delicate To Adjust As A Watch 1929

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Item title reads - As delicate to adjust as a watch. 38 ton new rudder fitted to S.S. Berengaria the giant Cunarder. Southampton, Hampshire.

M/S of the giant ship. M/S of the name 'Berengaria, Liverpool', the camera pans down it to the propellors. Various shots as the new rudder is lifted...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
36316
Sort Number:
G 1582
Time in/Out:
01:34:19:00 / 01:35:54:00
Canister:
G 1582
Film ID:
778.26
Issue Date:
18/02/1929

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