1918 Demob Lottery In U.S. 1918

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No title. M/S of a group of men standing in front of a board with hundreds of three figure numbers written upon it. A man walks towards the table in the foreground and it blindfolded. He then puts his hand into a container full of (presumably) small pieces of paper. He pulls out a piece of paper and...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
36634
Sort Number:
EP 301
Time in/Out:
01:56:01:00 / 01:57:20:00
Canister:
EP 301
Film ID:
1004.24
Issue Date:
1918

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