Shipbuilding Record 1942

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Titles read: "SHIPBUILDING RECORD".

Somewhere in northern Britain.

Various shots of the construction of warships in a northern shipyard. We are told that a ship is launched here every 23 days. Men rivet and women paint girders.

M/S of an unnamed lady smashing a bottle to launch...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44455
Sort Number:
42/105
Time in/Out:
01:01:16:00 / 01:02:09:00
Canister:
42/105
Film ID:
1348.02
Issue Date:
31/12/1942

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