Half A Ship Launched 1942

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Titles read: "HALF A SHIP LAUNCHED".

Location of events unknown.

A woman with a scarf in her hair - turban-style - smashes half a bottle of wine against half a ship to launch it at an unidentified shipyard. The forepart of a tanker moves down the slipway and into the water. Commentator...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43819
Sort Number:
42/038
Time in/Out:
01:19:00:00 / 01:20:07:00
Canister:
42/38
Film ID:
1326.14
Issue Date:
11/05/1942

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