Naval Intelligence 1940

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Full title reads: "Naval Intelligence".

Very good shots of large convoy of merchant ships steaming across calm sea with British destroyer escort, good shots showing the long lines of ships in an Atlantic convoy and the destroyer escort steaming past, also shots of seaman on the merchant ships...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
21008
Sort Number:
40/063
Time in/Out:
01:53:00:00 / 01:56:01:00
Canister:
40/63
Film ID:
1051.48
Issue Date:
05/08/1940

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