Half A Ship Saved 1940

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Full title reads: "Half A Ship Saved".

Half a torpedoed ship saved. Captain Smail brings stern of wrecked ship into port.

VS of the stern half of a tanker aground on a beach in England.

VS of the captain and the chief engineer walking around the decks of the wreck inspecting...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20632
Sort Number:
40/021
Time in/Out:
01:07:33:00 / 01:08:41:00
Canister:
40/21
Film ID:
1039.07
Issue Date:
11/03/1940

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