Atomic Icebreaker 1959

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Titles read: "LENINGRAD - ATOMIC ICEBREAKER".

Leningrad, Russia.

Various shots of the new atomic-powered icebreaker ship 'Lenin' on the River Neva. One of the assistants in the control room walks across to an instrument panel. Two engineers sit at a control board. C/U of two switches...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
50929
Sort Number:
59/078
Time in/Out:
01:44:49:00 / 01:45:46:00
Canister:
59/78
Film ID:
1597.21
Issue Date:
28/09/1959

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