Italian Destroyer Launched Lner 1938

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Genoa, Italy.

M/S panning along the length of the torpedo-boat destroyer 'Carabinieri' in a shipyard. Officials and smartly-dressed ladies look on. The warship is blessed by a priest who flicks holy water towards it, then the vessel moves slowly down the slipway and into the water. The crowds...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20534
Sort Number:
38/062
Time in/Out:
01:11:53:00 / 01:12:47:00
Canister:
38/62
Film ID:
1037.09
Issue Date:
07/08/1938

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