A.T.S. Overseas 1943

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Full title reads: "A.T.S. OVERSEAS".

Kenya.

Various shots of a train pulling into Nairobi Station and two hundred A.T.S. (Auxiliary Territorial Service) arrive for service in East Africa. They were given tea. Women form up and march out of the station. Various shots of the troops arriving...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38066
Sort Number:
43/042
Time in/Out:
01:54:47:00 / 01:55:46:00
Canister:
43/42
Film ID:
1083.23
Issue Date:
27/05/2043

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