Idaho Won't Go 1929

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Item title reads - "Idaho" won't go! Six tugs fail to move Ellerman liner driven ashore in great gale off Aberdeen. Scotland.

L/S of the "Idaho" stuck just out from the shore, people watch from the quay, various shots of the stationary vessel with waves swirling around it.

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35537
Sort Number:
G 1572
Time in/Out:
01:19:54:00 / 01:21:03:00
Canister:
G 1572
Film ID:
774.17
Issue Date:
14/01/1929

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