Ambush Reel 1 1964

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c. 1964

01:00:04 High angle shot of a clearing in the jungle. A man kneels on the ground and a man in uniform stands behind him (a CT or Communist Terrorist presumably). Camera moves in. Various shots of soldier striking the kneeling man (we don't actually see his hand make contact but we hear...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
70383
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:00:04:00 / 01:20:34:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
1221.01
Issue Date:
1964

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