Beatty's Famous Flag Ship 1924

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Rosyth, Fife, Scotland.

Title: "BEATTY'S FAMOUS FLAG SHIP. H.M.S. Lion - what memories of Jutland her name conjures up! - in the hands of the shipbreaker!"

Warship from World War One is dismantled.

M/S of a battleship, tilt down to show dockworkers on the quayside using...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24286
Sort Number:
G 1067
Time in/Out:
01:18:54:00 / 01:19:50:00
Canister:
G 1067
Film ID:
334.15
Issue Date:
17/03/1924

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