"Salt Lake City" Us Cruiser Sunk AKA Us… 1948

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Pacific Ocean

LS Aerial view of 3 ships of the naval task force of 25 vessels, assembled in the Pacific to sink the US Cruiser "Salt Lake City", still radioactive from the Bikini atom tests.(2 shots). MS A ship in the American task force steaming ahead. MS View from deck of task ship at sea,...

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Cataloguer:
Heather
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
67065
Sort Number:
UN 1953 D
Time in/Out:
01:36:38:00 / 01:37:32:00
Canister:
UN 1953 D
Film ID:
2445.13
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