Ruination

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Item title reads - Ruination! Shattered homes and devastation follow path of China's Civil war. China. L/S of the rubble from houses which have been demolished, the camera pans across them, there are walls standing here and there. M/S as people peer out over the top of sacks which are stacked up. M/S...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Videos With No Sound
Media URN:
24782
Sort Number:
G 1152
Time in/Out:
01:06:04:00 / 01:10:04:00
Canister:
G 1152
Film ID:
368.04
Issue Date:
05/01/1925

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