Now A Shadow Of Its Former Self 1930

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Item title reads - "Now a shadow of its former self" but highly efficient German Fleet leaves for exercises in the Mediterranean. Kiel, Germany.

L/S as one battleship sails under a bridge, L/S from the bridge as it emerges. Various shots of this ship. M/S as a smaller ship sails along, L/S...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
18956
Sort Number:
G 1703
Time in/Out:
01:37:05:00 / 01:38:15:00
Canister:
G 1703
Film ID:
824.22
Issue Date:
17/04/1930

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