QM In Dry Dock AKA Queen Mary In Dry Dock 1960

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Nice L/S of the Queen Mary liner coming into dock at Southampton for her twice yearly overhaul; three men in coats and flat caps stand on the deck of a boat moving out in the foreground; M/Ss of tugs going out to meet QM, then of tugs alongside the QM, drawing her closer to the dock. M/Ss of QM being...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1497
Sort Number:
CP 295
Time in/Out:
01:32:33:00 / 01:34:53:00
Canister:
CP 295
Film ID:
109.13
Issue Date:
22/08/1960

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