Transatlantic Ketch Arrives 1956

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Salcombe & Dartmouth, Cornwall & Devon.

The two adventurers cross the Atlantic in 56 days - they started in Canada and finished in England. GV. Orenda being towed and escorted from Salcombe to Dartmouth. SV. The ketch with the two men on deck being towed. & CU. GV. Crowd on the jetty. TV. Ketch...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
32147
Sort Number:
56/088
Time in/Out:
01:35:53:00 / 01:36:41:00
Canister:
56/88
Film ID:
599.25
Issue Date:
01/11/1956

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