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Britain’s Latest Underwater Craft

Series

Series Name
Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.
914-1
Date Released
28 Feb 1929
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1A Test of Endurance
  2. 2Ideal Homes
  3. 3A Battle of the Blues
  4. 4Flying with Petrol from Coal
  5. 5Britain’s Latest Underwater Craft
  6. *For Australian Mail Service

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
Launch of submarine ‘Orpheus’ by Lady Berry. New safety device submarines demonstrated in USA.
Keywords
Aristocracy; Ceremonies; Navy; Military
Length of story (in feet)
119

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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