The Home Of The Whales 1934

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Full titles read: "THE HOME OF THE WHALES - In the Antarctic."

M/S's of member of the Royal Navy on board the HMS Milford. L/S's of Bouvet Island discovered in ice. Several shots of large whales being chased by small whaling boats. The hunters shoot harpoons at the poor creatures.

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38454
Sort Number:
PT 227
Time in/Out:
01:00:27:00 / 01:02:04:00
Canister:
PT 227
Film ID:
1102.01
Issue Date:
30/07/1934

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