SALVAGING OF HMS BRECONSHIRE - British Pathé

Salvaging Of HMS Breconshire 1950

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Unissued / unused material.

Salvaging of HMS "Breconshire" which sank off Malta in March 1942.

M/S diver fixing rubber mask on face and into water. M/S diver out of water and removes mask. Control panel for air pipes. Pan of salvage operation in progress. Pan shot air lines to wreck....

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salvage shipwrecks HMS Breconshire Malta Second World War WW2 divers

Data

Cataloguer:: Amelia
Stock:: Black & White
Sound:: Mute
Media URN:: 65919

Time in/Out:: 01:39:29:00 / 01:44:48:00
Canister:: UN 2294 B
Film ID:: 2316.12

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