Short Circuit ... Negligence ... Or Malevolence? 1933

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Full title reads: "Cherbourg. Short circuit, negligence, or malevolence? First pictures taken on board 'L'Atlantique' give a graphic idea of the damage and destruction and the horror of 'On fire at sea'."

Cherbourg, France.

Several shots of the burnt out wreck of the French liner ship...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
5362
Sort Number:
33/004
Time in/Out:
01:32:53:00 / 01:34:13:00
Canister:
33/4
Film ID:
693.25
Issue Date:
12/01/1933

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