QE2's Lifeboats AKA Making Lifeboats For… 1968

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Duplicate copy of item 2055.06. Check for best quality.

No title. Making lifeboats for luxury liner "Queen Elizabeth II" (QE2), East Molesey, Surrey.

Zoom in to show L/S "Queen Elizabeth II" going down slipway. L/S QE2 going into the water.

M/S halves of hull lying in shipbuilders...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
93388
Sort Number:
68/017
Time in/Out:
01:33:20:00 / 01:35:03:00
Canister:
68/17
Film ID:
3464.17
Issue Date:
1968

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