'monarch' Worlds Biggest Cable Ship AKA… 1946

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Item title reads - 'Monarch' world's biggest cable ship.

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L/S of the cable ship 'Monarch'. Various shots as it carries out cable laying and retrieving operations. Sailors repair damaged cable. The cable grapple is lowered into the sea. Various shots of officers...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45572
Sort Number:
46/042
Time in/Out:
01:16:53:00 / 01:18:10:00
Canister:
46/42
Film ID:
1400.10
Issue Date:
27/05/1946

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