The Sovereign AKA Sail Making 1963

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Southampton, Hampshire.

L/S inside a workshop, a group of men unfold a big sail, M/S as one of them ties it to some string running through a ladder. M/S as the sail is securely attached. L/S of the sail tied across the length of the room. M/S of a man sewing the luff wire to the edge, various...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3379
Sort Number:
CP 470
Time in/Out:
01:15:00:00 / 01:17:36:00
Canister:
CP 470
Film ID:
247.04
Issue Date:
29/12/1963

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