Making Rafts 1943

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Making rafts.

Tyneside

Camera pans across rafts in workshop, various shots as they undergo different stages of construction. Various shots as the launching ropes are fitted. M/S of the finished rafts, M/S as one is launched. Various shots of a practise rescue session. The men are brought...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
50256
Sort Number:
NSP 384
Time in/Out:
01:02:35:00 / 01:04:16:00
Canister:
NSP 384
Film ID:
1566.02
Issue Date:
09/08/1943

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