Arrival Of Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders… 1953

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Atkinson Field Wharf, British Guiana.

Enclosed newspaper clipping states the first battalion of the Scottish regiment of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders landed at two points in the colony. Nearly 700 travelled up the Demerara River on the Saguenay Terminals bauxite ship Sunjarv (formerly...

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Cataloguer:
Agnew
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
77540
Sort Number:
UN 2658 A
Time in/Out:
01:23:00:00 / 01:26:14:00
Canister:
UN 2658 A
Film ID:
2488.11
Issue Date:
1953

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