Million Pound Ship Ablaze! 1932

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Full title reads: "Norfolk, VA. Million-Pound Ship Ablaze! - 11,000 ton liner 'Segovia' - pride of the America mercantile fleet - destroyed on eve of making maiden voyage."

Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America.

L/S of liner half submerged in water in dock. Large crane in the...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4653
Sort Number:
32/001
Time in/Out:
01:01:42:00 / 01:02:33:00
Canister:
32/1
Film ID:
645.02
Issue Date:
04/01/1932

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