For Safety At Sea 1928

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Full titles read: "For Safety at Sea - Board of Trade and Shipping experts at trials of remarkable German invented rubber life boat on Cunard Liner "Carmania"."

The Docks, London.

M/S on the deck of the Cunard Liner, 'Carmania' we see two sailors pumping up a rubber life boat with...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
34900
Sort Number:
G 1517
Time in/Out:
01:30:30:00 / 01:32:35:00
Canister:
G 1517
Film ID:
732.14
Issue Date:
05/07/1928

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