HMS Dorsetshire 1935

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No title, paperwork reads - The King's Colour is 'taken off' the H.M.S. Dorsetshire.

Simonstown, South Africa.

L/S of sailors parading on the dock at Simonstown, officers walk along and inspect them. M/S as they march along. Various shots as the King's Colour is taken off the ship...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
11017
Sort Number:
35/032
Time in/Out:
01:35:24:00 / 01:36:26:00
Canister:
35/32
Film ID:
823.21
Issue Date:
22/04/1935

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