British Shipbuilding Is Bucking Up & Cuts 1926

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Full title reads: "British Shipbuilding is bucking up. S. S. Andulasia, one of 5 to be launched within 5 months for Blue Star Line - launched".

Birkenhead, Merseyside.

M/S of a woman smashing bottle of champagne against ship's hull. L/S of immense ship sliding down slipway into sea....

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
26258
Sort Number:
G 1331
Time in/Out:
01:45:01:00 / 01:52:19:00
Canister:
G 1331
Film ID:
636.20
Issue Date:
23/09/1926

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