A New Home 1940

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Description

Full title reads: "A New Home".

Sydney, Australia.

VS MS & CUs of women and children evacuees on the decks of and coming ashore from liner that has brought them to safety in Sydney from Hong Kong.

Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
21181
Sort Number:
40/085
Time in/Out:
01:03:04:00 / 01:03:41:00
Canister:
40/85
Film ID:
1059.03
Issue Date:
21/10/1940

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