Launch Of U.S. Dreadnought 1922

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Full title reads: "Is it for the scrap heap? Launch of America's newest Super-Dreadnought - 'West Virginia' - doomed to junk under the Hughes' plan".

Newport, Rhode Island, United States of America (USA).

Various L/Ss of crowds cheering as ship - a Dreadnought - slides down launching...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19379
Sort Number:
G 0846
Time in/Out:
01:54:18:00 / 01:55:09:00
Canister:
G 846
Film ID:
402.47
Issue Date:
30/01/1922

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