Ship Upon Ship 1930

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Description

Item title reads - Ship upon ship. With her own crane, S.S. Belpamela lifts on board 220 ton lightship, destined for Persian Gulf. Liverpool, Merseyside.

L/S as the camera pans slowly down the crane to the lightship in the water next to the S.S. Belpamela. M/S as it is lifted slowly upwards...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
18861
Sort Number:
G 1689
Time in/Out:
01:43:28:00 / 01:44:45:00
Canister:
G 1689
Film ID:
818.18
Issue Date:
27/02/1930

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