THE BELGIAN SHIP COPACABANA UNLOADS A MIXED CARGO [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE BELGIAN SHIP COPACABANA UNLOADS A MIXED CARGO [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 434
  • Other titles: THE ROYAL NAVY IN NORTHERN AND ATLANTIC WATERS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The Maritime Belge cargo-passenger ship Copacabana unloads a cargo of metal ingots, grain and cotton. The ship has been armed with an elderly 4-inch BL gun on the quarterdeck - one of the RN gun crew is about the same vintage as the gun he serves.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: THE ROYAL NAVY IN NORTHERN AND ATLANTIC WATERS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: ADM 434
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1940
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: ships, Belgian civilian - cargo: Copacabana (object name) weapons, British naval - gun: 4-inch (object name) supplies, British, movement [RA] - misc (object name) Age (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 239 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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