Us Liners Subsidised 1939

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Description

San Francisco, United States of America.

Full titles read: "US LINERS SUBSIDISED"

L/S's of several very large merchant ships of the Dollar Steamship Line. The commentator says that the ships are being renovated and ownership transferred to the Maritime Commission and the government...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
19435
Sort Number:
39/006
Time in/Out:
01:41:52:00 / 01:42:38:00
Canister:
39/6
Film ID:
995.53
Issue Date:
19/01/1939

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