Launch Of The Marlborough 1912-1916

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Location Devonport Dockyard

Launching of HMS Marlborough; 24 October 1912. Opens with very low shot of hull moving down the building way into the water; away from camera. Side of ship (bottom part) going by. Then a great 'farewell' shot; of the ship moving away; while big crowd of guys on the...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
71843
Sort Number:
ON 025 A
Time in/Out:
01:00:02:00 / 01:01:32:00
Canister:
ON 025 A
Film ID:
1868.01
Issue Date:
1916

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  • The shots list already gives the correct launch date of 24 October 1912. This enables a reduction of the clip's current date range of 1912-16.

    jamied 24th Jun 2012

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