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The War At Sea 1939
Description
Full titles read: "THE WAR AT SEA"
Various shots of the cargo ship the 'Eskodene' partly submerged off the east coast after hitting a German mine. L/Ss of the Belgian ship the 'Kabinda' off the south coast. The ship has a crack down the middle of the hull. Several shots of people including...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Howard
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 20473
- Sort Number:
- 39/098
- Time in/Out:
- 01:44:10:00 / 01:45:12:00
- Canister:
- 39/98
- Film ID:
- 1029.37
- Issue Date:
- 14/12/1939
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