RAF Rescue Boats 1941

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Title reads: "RAF rescue boats".

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Various shots of two men as they run from their head quarters towards their boat. C/U of one of the men on the bridge of an RAF (Royal Air Force) rescue launch. Various shots of two RAF rescue launches motoring out to sea...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38684
Sort Number:
41/029
Time in/Out:
01:48:20:00 / 01:49:26:00
Canister:
41/29
Film ID:
1111.45
Issue Date:
10/04/1941

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