Normandie Fire - First Pictures 1942

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Titles read: "NORMANDIE FIRE - FIRST PICTURES".

New York, United States of America.

Various shots of a fire raging on the liner 'Normandie', recently renamed 'Lafayette'. Commentator explains that the ship was being converted into a troop ship and the fire was started by sparks from...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43648
Sort Number:
42/015
Time in/Out:
01:24:37:00 / 01:26:14:00
Canister:
42/15
Film ID:
1318.16
Issue Date:
19/02/1942

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