Lifeboat Saturday 1922

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Description

Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear.

Full titles read: "Lifeboat Saturday at Whitley Bay."

M/S of small cannon on the beach, a man pulls a cord and the cannon fires. L/S's of lifeboat being towed by hundreds of people out of boathouse and down ramp. L/S of life boat being pulled by hand up...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23217
Sort Number:
G 0909
Time in/Out:
01:07:22:00 / 01:09:03:00
Canister:
G 909
Film ID:
282.05
Issue Date:
07/09/1922

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