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King's Ferry Medway Boom Defence Rafts 1923
Description
Item title reads - Medway boom defence rafts are now being used to overcome Sheppey's isolation - but islanders want a "Tower Bridge". Kent.
L/S of a boat being rowed slowly down the river, the defence rafts are under construction. C/U as a man has a diving helmet fitted, M/S as he climbs down...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Emma
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 23803
- Sort Number:
- G 0943
- Time in/Out:
- 01:41:10:00 / 01:41:51:00
- Canister:
- G 943
- Film ID:
- 294.32
- Issue Date:
- 04/01/1923
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