Four Men, A Girl And 'ken-Tooki' 1952

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Paris, France. A raft is being built with the aim of sailing the Mediterranean.

GV. Crew assembling raft they are using empty oil barrels for buoyancy. SV. Two members of the crew with Miss Muriel Grand, daughter of a Hull railway guard, assembling onto raft. CU. Barrel tied to raft. LV. Raft...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
27347
Sort Number:
52/066
Time in/Out:
01:13:49:00 / 01:14:52:00
Canister:
52/66
Film ID:
24.11
Issue Date:
14/08/1952

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