Bengal Soldiers AKA On Patrol In Bengal 1944

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On patrol in Bengal.

India.

Various shots of soldiers in Bengal looking at a map after news comes through that medical help is needed in remote village. The patrol sets out with supplies and carrier pigeons. They disembark from their boat near the village and run up to the sick man's...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
50648
Sort Number:
NSP 439
Time in/Out:
01:26:28:00 / 01:27:57:00
Canister:
NSP 439
Film ID:
1580.13
Issue Date:
28/08/1944

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