Rescue! 1963

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Item title reads - Rescue!

Miners rescued after 14 days, Hazleton, Pennsylvania. America (USA).

Various shots of the drilling rig set up to drill through to the trapped miners. M/S drill being lowered. M/S Mrs Louis Bova talking to reporters, her husband is trapped separately from...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
54749
Sort Number:
63/071
Time in/Out:
01:45:01:00 / 01:46:14:00
Canister:
63/71
Film ID:
1772.26
Issue Date:
02/09/1963

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