Torpedoed Boat 1914-1919

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French sailors practicing abandoning their ship.
Location of events unknown/ unclear. sailors climb down ropes onto floating makeshift rafts - like pallets / skids. Also lifeboats are lowered and some get in those. Shot of the rafts floating about together as they get them hooked up.

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
73185
Sort Number:
ON 149 B
Time in/Out:
01:50:56:00 / 01:51:29:00
Canister:
ON 149 B
Film ID:
1914.25
Issue Date:
1914 - 1919

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