The Last Sad Journey 1921

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Item title reads - The Last Sad Journey. H.M.S. Dauntless takes back America's victims of the tragic R-38 disaster. Plymouth. Devon.

L/S as the coffin, draped in the U.S. flag, is carried up the gangplank. Troops on either side salute and then stand to attention.

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22498
Sort Number:
G 0808
Time in/Out:
01:56:29:00 / 01:57:12:00
Canister:
G 808
Film ID:
242.41
Issue Date:

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