Motor Tanker Aptity Launched With Beer 1938

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Item title reads - Greenock.

500 ton motor tanker 'Aptity' launched with beer. Strathclyde, Scotland.

M/S of men carrying a section of timber (?). C/U of a man stood on the launching platform. Out of focus C/U of a bottle of 'Prince's Brew' beer brewed by the Duke of Windsor when...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
18268
Sort Number:
38/102
Time in/Out:
01:52:54:00 / 01:53:09:00
Canister:
38/102
Film ID:
989.67
Issue Date:
22/12/1938

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  • Just a note to say that the "Aptity" was owned by F. T. Everard & Sons.

    jamied 13th Oct 2012

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