Queen Mary Record 1938

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Item title reads - Southampton.

The 'Queen Mary' docks. Hampshire.

L/S of the 'Queen Mary', M/S of the name on the side. The narrator says it broke the Blue Riband of the Atlantic by mistake. M/S of the captain Commodore Irvine on the bridge, he walks on deck with Chief Engineer William...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17418
Sort Number:
38/066
Time in/Out:
01:40:05:00 / 01:40:25:00
Canister:
38/66
Film ID:
973.36
Issue Date:
18/08/1938

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