American Airfield 1944

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Panning shot with American Thunderbolt aircraft taxiing in at unknown American airfield. The ground crew looking on. Thunderbolt crew leaving plane. Several shots of the US pilots feeding three cats on a bonnet of a jeep. Pilot strokes one of the cats with affection....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
61097
Sort Number:
UN 0933 B
Time in/Out:
01:52:20:00 / 01:56:51:00
Canister:
UN 933 B
Film ID:
1885.16
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