Ats Girls With The Guns 1941

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Item title reads - A.T.S. girls with the guns.

London.

M/S of A.T.S. (Auxiliary Territorial Service) girls manning range finding and tracking equipment in concrete emplacements. Various shots as they operate the equipment and call out positions, they can use all equipment except the...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39445
Sort Number:
41/084
Time in/Out:
01:39:56:00 / 01:41:08:00
Canister:
41/84
Film ID:
1133.28
Issue Date:
20/10/1941

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