Davis Escape Apparatus Demonstrated 1939

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Full titles read: "DAVIS ESCAPE APPARATUS DEMONSTRATED"

Several shots of politicians climbing aboard a submarine called 'Triumph' in Portsmouth dock. L/S's and M/S's of a man demonstrating how the Davis Apparatus works.

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20137
Sort Number:
39/063
Time in/Out:
01:51:42:00 / 01:53:02:00
Canister:
39/63
Film ID:
1017.51
Issue Date:
03/08/1939

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