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World's Biggest Warship 1943
Description
Full title reads: "WORLD'S BIGGEST WARSHIP "NEW JERSEY" LAUNCHED".
United States of America (USA).
Several shots of USS New Jersey - the biggest warship on the stocks at American shipyard. Various shots of the launch - woman smashes bottle and the "New Jersey" slides down to the water.
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Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sanja
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 37826
- Sort Number:
- 43/004
- Time in/Out:
- 01:37:22:00 / 01:37:58:00
- Canister:
- 43/4
- Film ID:
- 1071.19
- Issue Date:
- 14/01/1943
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