Ready "Aye" Ready 1930

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Portland, Dorset.

Full titles read: "READY AYE, READY ! - Majestic spectacle of sea power as the great grey ships of Atlantic Fleet leave, in "half a gale" for Spring Manoeuvres."

L/S of thick black smoke billowing from a warship at sea. Several shots of large battleships of the Royal...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
18768
Sort Number:
G 1677
Time in/Out:
01:09:01:00 / 01:11:38:00
Canister:
G 1677
Film ID:
814.05
Issue Date:
16/01/1930

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