Rafts For Lost Nazis 1941

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Title reads: "Rafts for Lost Nazis".

Various shots of large buoy anchored in harbour. It has a red cross and the German word "Generalluftzeugmeister" painted on the side. Various shots of interior of buoy. A man climbs down ladder and looks around interior. The buoy is a German life raft of...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37709
Sort Number:
41/001
Time in/Out:
01:38:56:00 / 01:39:34:00
Canister:
41/1
Film ID:
1065.20
Issue Date:
02/01/1941

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British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
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