Slowly But Very Very Surely 1926

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Scapa Flow, Orkney.

Title: "SLOWLY, BUT VERY VERY SURELY. 'The Hindenburg' - mighty flagship of scuttled German Fleet - is being raised, a tribute to tenacity and skill of Messers. Cox and Danks and their salvage staff".

Various L/Ss of salvage barges with gigantic cranes floating...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25661
Sort Number:
G 1284
Time in/Out:
01:33:04:00 / 01:35:23:00
Canister:
G 1284
Film ID:
486.19
Issue Date:
12/04/1926

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