In The Mediterranean 1940

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Full title reads: "In The Mediterranean."

VS. Aerial views of Gibraltar showing the rock, the harbour installations and a ship on patrol around the rock.

VS LS A/Vs of a British destroyer chasing an Italian submarine in mid-Channel the submarine just makes the refuge of the harbour...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
21255
Sort Number:
40/094
Time in/Out:
01:33:19:00 / 01:34:15:00
Canister:
40/94
Film ID:
1061.28
Issue Date:
21/11/1940

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