Beaten Back 1940

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Full title reads: "Beaten Back".

Dover, Kent.

VS Good shots of German bombers and fighters in action over Dover, a fighter shoots down a balloon and flakbursts surround a bomber as it comes in to attack, GV of heavy coast anti-aircraft guns firing from concealed positions in the woods.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
21090
Sort Number:
40/072
Time in/Out:
01:20:26:00 / 01:22:05:00
Canister:
40/72
Film ID:
1055.21
Issue Date:
05/09/1940

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