Late News - Queen Of Sail 1936

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Item title reads - Late news. Queen of Sail. All hope for famous barque abandoned.

Near Salcombe, Devon.

L/S of crew on deck of the windjammer 'Herzogin Cecilie'. M/S of the ship's Finnish master Sven Erikson playing with a dog, other men from his crew stand around him. M/S as a man...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
12948
Sort Number:
36/035
Time in/Out:
01:22:08:00 / 01:23:08:00
Canister:
36/35
Film ID:
881.15
Issue Date:
30/04/1936

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