Coast Guard! 1940

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Titles read: "COAST GUARD!"

Florida, United States of America.

After a sequence of huge waves lashing coastal towns, we see excellent news shots of a merchant ship rolling helpless in very heavy seas. A small coast guard ship stands a short distance away occasionally vanishing as the...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15603
Sort Number:
PT 538
Time in/Out:
01:42:53:00 / 01:43:48:00
Canister:
PT 538
Film ID:
1204.24
Issue Date:
22/07/1940

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