Autumn's First Wreck AKA Autumn's First… 1928

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Item title reads - Autumn's first wreck. S.S. Mellanear, in dense fog, runs ashore on dreaded rocks at Land's End, to be pounded to pieces. The crew, fortunately, were all saved. Cornwall.

L/S of the S.S. Mellanear stranded in the sea with the rocks in the foreground.

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35078
Sort Number:
G 1536
Time in/Out:
01:32:08:00 / 01:32:40:00
Canister:
G 1536
Film ID:
742.25
Issue Date:
10/09/1928

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