Barrels Made By Sailors AKA Naval Coopers 1917

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Barrels made by sailors. Location of events unknown.

World War One; industry 'Naval Coopers': barrel manufacturing by Royal Navy sailors; for both the Navy and the Army. shots of shop full of sailors (in uniform; with aprons over) hard at work on various stages of barrel construction; using...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
71327
Sort Number:
ON 037 I
Time in/Out:
01:07:21:00 / 01:08:10:00
Canister:
ON 037 I
Film ID:
1862.09
Issue Date:

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