Winter's Icy Grip 1923

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Item title reads - Winter's Icy Grip. Fishing fleet - caught in Arctic blizzard - returns to port encased in ice. Boston, USA (U.S.A.)

M/S of the crew amongst all the ice in the boat. L/S of the boat covered in snow and ice, a hand waves out of an ice covered window.

Intertitle - '"Peeling"...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23615
Sort Number:
G 0964
Time in/Out:
01:30:45:00 / 01:31:37:00
Canister:
G 964
Film ID:
300.21
Issue Date:
19/03/1923

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