Big Guns To Take Fresh Positions 1914-1918

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Big Guns To Take Fresh Positions.

France?

Transporting big guns to new positions. CUs Army truck drives by pulling gun; muddy; desolate landscape.

Cut to different story - at a fete, soldiers on horseback try to spear something on the ground as they ride by. Crowds watch in...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri / Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
73912
Sort Number:
ON 177 I
Time in/Out:
01:06:28:00 / 01:07:27:00
Canister:
ON 177 I
Film ID:
1942.09
Issue Date:
1914 - 1918

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