Southampton Dock Centenary 1938

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Item title reads - Southampton.

Southampton Dock Centenary, Hampshire.

L/S as the camera pans across the liner "Queen Mary" in the dock. L/S of people gathered for centenary service. Southern Railway's chairman Mr R. Holland Martin walks to his seat with Southampton's mayor. C/U...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
18323
Sort Number:
38/082
Time in/Out:
01:05:32:00 / 01:06:12:00
Canister:
38/82
Film ID:
985.09
Issue Date:
13/10/1938

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