Escape Suits Will Avert 'truculent' Tragedies 1950

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Gosport, Hampshire.

GV. Submarine 'Acheron' lying alongside dock in Gosport. CU. Name of submarine 'Acheron'. SV. Man putting on new immersion suit in submarine. CU. Rating assisting. CU. Man pulling neck piece over head. CU. Man looking at lamp on life suit. CU. Light on suit. CU. Man assisting....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
49094
Sort Number:
50/013
Time in/Out:
01:38:28:00 / 01:40:21:00
Canister:
50/13
Film ID:
1506.28
Issue Date:

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