The Army's Navy 1942

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Titles read: "THE ARMY'S NAVY".

Location of events unknown - somewhere off the coast of Britain.

Various shots show the work of the patrol boats of the seagoing branch of the Royal Army Services Corps. Good shots of several large RASC motorboats at sea.

One of the Army patrol...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44125
Sort Number:
42/074
Time in/Out:
01:54:15:00 / 01:55:51:00
Canister:
42/74
Film ID:
1336.26
Issue Date:
14/09/1942

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