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Gas Ship Towed Out To Sea And Sunk 1946
Description
Unused / unissued material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.
North Sea, off Norway - 1946?
US Army officers study the hold of a ship, Alco Banner, loaded with poison gas. Various shots of ships on water. Ship guns fire at the poison gas ship which rapidly sinks under...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 74709
- Sort Number:
- UN 1518 D
- Time in/Out:
- 01:14:22:00 / 01:15:16:00
- Canister:
- UN 1518 D
- Film ID:
- 2321.06
- Issue Date:
- 1946
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