Unique Salvage Feat AKA Uniceve Salvage… 1929

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Item title reads - Unique salvage feat. Messrs. Cox and Danks, using only compressed air, succeed in lifting the scuttled 25,000 ton battleship "Kaiser." Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland.

M/S pan along side of "Kaiser" and round the front, one half is sticking up out of the water. Various...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35709
Sort Number:
G 1591
Time in/Out:
01:46:54:00 / 01:48:18:00
Canister:
G 1591
Film ID:
782.27
Issue Date:
21/03/1929

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0:010:020:030:04

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