U-Boat Spotting 1942

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Titles read: "U-BOAT SPOTTING".

Atlantic Ocean.

High angle shot of several American airships in an aircraft hangar (?). Men of the United States Navy climb into the gondola (the cabin beneath the balloon) and we see various shots of the ship flying above the sea, scanning the area...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43629
Sort Number:
42/012
Time in/Out:
01:56:14:00 / 01:57:19:00
Canister:
42/12
Film ID:
1316.33
Issue Date:
09/02/1942

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