Pilot Boat Tragedy 1939

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Full titles read: "PILOT BOAT TRAGEDY"

L/S of almost submerged wreck of a Mersey pilot boat in which 22 men died during storm that wrecked her. M/S of wrecked lifeboat from pilot boat lying on beach.

Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20443
Sort Number:
39/094
Time in/Out:
01:05:13:00 / 01:05:33:00
Canister:
39/94
Film ID:
1029.07
Issue Date:
30/11/1939

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