Rodney Shells Alderney 1944

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Title reads: "Rodney shells Alderney".

Off French coast, near Channel islands.

L/S of battleship HMS Rodney at sea. Various L/Ss of convoys of ships and barrage balloons crossing Channel. Various shots of below of British destroyer, we see gun crews getting ready (putting on flak jackets...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38344
Sort Number:
44/068
Time in/Out:
01:52:36:00 / 01:54:52:00
Canister:
44/68
Film ID:
1099.40
Issue Date:
24/08/1944

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