Greek Fleet Joins Allied Navy 1941

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Title reads: "Greek Fleet joins Allied Navy".

Location of events unknown, somewhere in Mediterranean.

L/S of warship at sea. Various shots of Naval launch anchored next to cruiser "Averoff". Various shots of sailors of Royal Hellenic Navy drilling on deck of warship. L/S of Greek...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38856
Sort Number:
41/042
Time in/Out:
01:35:54:00 / 01:36:37:00
Canister:
41/42
Film ID:
1115.31
Issue Date:
26/05/1941

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