Modern Pirates 1939

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Full titles read: "MODERN PIRATES"

MS German submarines leaving harbour, and at sea in Atlantic, with shots of interior of submarines with crews at their stations. Several shots of graphs showing how the amount of British losses in tons has dropped over the last few months. Various shots of...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20388
Sort Number:
39/080
Time in/Out:
01:52:32:00 / 01:53:54:00
Canister:
39/80
Film ID:
1023.53
Issue Date:
12/10/1939

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