A.B.C. Of The War 1946

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Title reads "A.B.C. OF THE WAR".

Alphabetical list of the terms which helped to win the war with visual descriptions of them and appropriate poem.

A - airmen - shots of airmen on airfield with plane in background.
B - bombs - shots of piles of bombs.
C - cod face - close up...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
64123
Sort Number:
UN 1317 A
Time in/Out:
01:48:30:00 / 01:51:44:00
Canister:
UN 1317 A
Film ID:
2167.11
Issue Date:
1946

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