Behind The Lines In Normandy 1944

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Item title reads - Behind the lines in Normandy (Normandie).

France.

Various shots of people preparing to evacuate Caen, they gather their things and get in trucks. Various good shots of the people old and young. Various shots of French women in Cherbourg having their hair all shaved...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44735
Sort Number:
44/059
Time in/Out:
01:55:08:00 / 01:57:34:00
Canister:
44/59
Film ID:
1362.18
Issue Date:
24/07/1944

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