Home From The Sea - Sea Men Sign Off 1945

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Item title reads - Home from the sea.

London.

Merchant Navy men being signed off. L/S's of Merchant Navy ships at sea. Various shots of the men on deck, in lifeboats and on a raft. M/S's of convoy being bombed, good shot of boat sinking with only the bow sticking out of the water....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
33842
Sort Number:
NP 037
Time in/Out:
01:04:36:00 / 01:08:43:00
Canister:
NP 37
Film ID:
1217.03
Issue Date:
28/05/1945

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