Normandie Renamed Lafayette 1942

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Titles read: "NORMANDIE RENAMED LAFAYETTE".

New York, United States of America.

Various shots of the French liner ship SS Normandie in dock, being turned into a America Naval Auxiliary. Men work to weld over her portholes and take the letters of her name off her side. The ship will...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43603
Sort Number:
42/009
Time in/Out:
01:12:32:00 / 01:13:10:00
Canister:
42/9
Film ID:
1316.07
Issue Date:
29/01/1942

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