Escape From Trouble 1942

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Titles read: "ESCAPE FROM TROUBLE".

Location of events unknown - somewhere in Britain?

At a training centre for submarine crews we see men being instructed in the use of the Davis Escape Apparatus. Sailors wearing skimpy pants try out their nose and mouth pieces then go inside a chamber...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44122
Sort Number:
42/074
Time in/Out:
01:49:45:00 / 01:50:39:00
Canister:
42/74
Film ID:
1336.23
Issue Date:
14/09/1942

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