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Well Done Mauretania 1929
Description
The Mauretania on the ocean, could be the Atlantic.
Full titles read: "'WELL DONE MAURETANI'" - Gallant 22 year old Cunarder just fails by 2 hours to lower the Bremen's record averaging 27.22 knots & beating her own record."
M/S's of the smoke billowing from funnels of the Mauretania....
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Howard
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 36212
- Sort Number:
- G 1635
- Time in/Out:
- 01:02:35:00 / 01:04:24:00
- Canister:
- G 1635
- Film ID:
- 800.03
- Issue Date:
- 19/08/1929
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