New Super Cable 1926

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Sennen Cove, Cornwall.

Title: "To America, which will increase rate of transmission from 280 to 2,5000 letters per minute, landed at Sennen Cove".

Arrival of transatlantic telegraph cable.

L/S of a ship moored close to the coast. A long cable stretches from the ship to the...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25797
Sort Number:
G 1298
Time in/Out:
02:00:25:00 / 02:02:38:00
Canister:
G 1298
Film ID:
498.27
Issue Date:
31/05/1926

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