Allied Services Christmas Celebrations Greetings 1944

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Item title reads - Allied Services' Christmas celebrations greetings.

Various shots of Destroyer Number 561 sailing in heavy sea. Various shots as a sack of mail is slung from ship to ship by breeches buoy. C/U of a sign for the Army Post Office. Various shots of postal sorters at work. M/S...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44883
Sort Number:
44/102
Time in/Out:
01:41:32:00 / 01:46:41:00
Canister:
44/102
Film ID:
1370.24
Issue Date:
21/12/1944

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