Depth Charge Practice 1941

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Item title reads - Depth charge practice.

Fort Munro, Virginia, America (USA).

Various shots as depth charges are finished and primed at Fort Munro, M/S of a man's hands in the TNT powder box. Various shots as they are loaded onto the ship. A cylinder shaped one is rolled towards...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39359
Sort Number:
41/079
Time in/Out:
01:21:30:00 / 01:22:19:00
Canister:
41/79
Film ID:
1131.19
Issue Date:
02/10/1941

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