Oil Film Selected Material Construction… 1950

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Docks (possibly Harland & Wolff), Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Workers riveting. Riveters. Carpenter at work. Carpenter. Chopping wood. Dockyard. Keel on stocks. Hooking cable on crane pulley block. Supports on underside of keel, men pushing trolley. Painting keel. Bow of tanker and scaffolding....

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Cataloguer:
Agnew
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
68147
Sort Number:
UN 2305 A
Time in/Out:
01:00:03:00 / 01:08:18:00
Canister:
UN 2305 A
Film ID:
2531.01
Issue Date:

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