Bottling Up Rum Row 1925

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Item title reads - Bottling up Rum row. Pathe cameraman, after repeated attempts, obtains from seaplane, remarkable pictures of blocked "rum fleet". Off the American coast.

L/S of two boats on the sea. The camera pans across the various ships in the fleet. The title is repeated again. M/S...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25180
Sort Number:
G 1191
Time in/Out:
01:55:51:00 / 01:57:41:00
Canister:
G 1191
Film ID:
396.25
Issue Date:
21/05/1925

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