HMS Dorsetshire 1929

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Portsmouth, Hampshire.

Full titles read: "HMS DORSETSHIRE - last of the Cruisers authorised in 1926... costing £2,250,000... named and launched by the Countess of Shaftesbury."

Nice M/S of the Countess with elderly official, she drops the bottle of Champagne against the bow of the...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35579
Sort Number:
G 1577
Time in/Out:
01:34:11:00 / 01:35:11:00
Canister:
G 1577
Film ID:
776.23
Issue Date:
31/01/1929

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