Barge Balloon Barrage 1940

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Full title reads: "Barge Balloon Barrage."

Small anti-mine motorboat in heavy sea.

Various shots of Air Vice Marshal Boyle inspecting men on board the motor boat "Stion".

Various shots of balloons flying from the motorboats and barges anchored just offshore, with cut-in...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20487
Sort Number:
40/001
Time in/Out:
01:18:13:00 / 01:19:11:00
Canister:
40/1
Film ID:
1031.05
Issue Date:
01/01/1940

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