"Seaslug" Missile Launched From HMS Devonshire… 1962

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Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.

Location given as Birkenhead, Merseyside.

Sea level LS H.M.S. Devonshire at sea, moving very fast. (2 shots). MS Captain P N Howes in Operations Control. CU Animated diagram on how the Seaslug missile is loaded...

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Cataloguer:
Heather
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
87115
Sort Number:
UN 3673 C
Time in/Out:
01:00:01:00 / 01:01:40:00
Canister:
UN 3673 C
Film ID:
3070.01
Issue Date:
1962

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