Lifeboat Day 1927

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Item title reads: " Lifeboat day. New tractor for launching lifeboats, successfully tried out. The tractor will stand the function though engine may be submerged."

Slough, Berkshire (was Buckinghamshire).

M/S of the lifeboat as it is mounted on a traction vehicle to transport it to...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
32979
Sort Number:
G 1397
Time in/Out:
01:02:02:00 / 01:03:15:00
Canister:
G 1397
Film ID:
682.02
Issue Date:
12/05/1927

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