The Biggest Dock Ever 1928

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Item title reads - THE BIGGEST DOCK...EVER. Six times as large as Trafalgar Square.....capable of lifting a 54,000 ton ship.....will hold 190,000 tons of water....completed & ready for 8,500 miles journey to much discussed naval base in Singapore. Newcastle-on-Tyne, Tyneside.

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
33626
Sort Number:
G 1468
Time in/Out:
01:27:28:00 / 01:28:50:00
Canister:
G 1468
Film ID:
712.20
Issue Date:
16/01/1928

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