Rule Britannia 1925

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Item title reads - Rule Britannia! H.M.S. Nelson - world's latest and mightiest battleship - launched by Dame Caroline Bridgeman from Armstrong's famous yard. Walker-on-Tyne.

L/S as the camera pans across the crowd to the platform and H.M.S. Nelson. M/S of Dame Caroline on the platform with...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19791
Sort Number:
G 1222
Time in/Out:
01:18:08:00 / 01:20:17:00
Canister:
G 1222
Film ID:
420.13
Issue Date:
07/09/1925

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