Oil Tanker Ablaze 1926

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United States of America, U.S.A.

Title missing, according to original issue sheet should read: "Oil tanker ablaze. Crew of 20 killed in collision between oil vessels fully laden with benzine".

L/S of a tanker at sea; the entire vessel is engulfed in thick black smoke. M/S of part of...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25735
Sort Number:
G 1291
Time in/Out:
01:19:15:00 / 01:20:07:00
Canister:
G 1291
Film ID:
494.07
Issue Date:
06/05/1926

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