Australian Lumberjacks In Britain 1942

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Titles read: "AUSTRALIAN LUMBERJACKS IN BRITAIN".

Scotland.

M/S of men of an Australian Forestry Unit marching along a forest path. Mr Stanley Bruce, High Commissioner for Australia, watches some of the lumberjacks in action, chopping down tall trees. Branches are removed from the...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43935
Sort Number:
42/050
Time in/Out:
01:49:22:00 / 01:50:50:00
Canister:
42/50
Film ID:
1330.26
Issue Date:
22/06/1942

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