Romance Of A Naval Base 1940

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Full title reads: "Romance of a Naval Base".

VS of wedding of WREN (Womens Royal Naval Service) Miss Colette Cregan to a member of the Submarine Service, Lieutenant Russell-Welling at a small Church. Naval ratings tow the wedding car with ropes.

Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20964
Sort Number:
40/058
Time in/Out:
01:03:05:00 / 01:03:42:00
Canister:
40/58
Film ID:
1051.04
Issue Date:
18/07/1940

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