New British Battleships 1946

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Title reads 'Pathe Gazette takes pride in presenting the first pictures of new British battleships'.

Various shots of men painting, cleaning and doing finishing touches to a battleship in a shipyard. Several shots of the workers leaving shipyard....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
64117
Sort Number:
UN 1315 C
Time in/Out:
01:15:08:00 / 01:26:08:00
Canister:
UN 1315 C
Film ID:
2167.05
Issue Date:
1946

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