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  • Short Summary

    HMS "Ganges" is towed into Devonport to be broken up, Plymouth, Devon.

  • Description

    Devonport, Plymouth, Devon.

    Full titles read: "HMS 'GANGES' - one of last of the "Wooden Walls of England" - leaves to make her end in the shipbreaker's yard."

    M/S & L/S of the large old galleon style ship being towed into the docks. It looks as though someone has built a bungalow on the deck ! (it looks a bit like Noah's Ark !).

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    806.14
    Media URN:
    18671
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathe
    Issue Date:
    21/10/1929
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:34:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:28:22:00 / 01:28:56:00
    Canister:
    G 1652

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