Blackout - Trailer 1943

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"MofI GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL"

BLACKOUT - TRAILER.

A man comes into a cafe quite shaken - he was nearly knocked over by a truck in dark. Another man, a lorry driver, comes in complaining about almost knocking over a man in a dark. Several shots of conversation...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37920
Sort Number:
43/012
Time in/Out:
01:45:58:00 / 01:47:25:00
Canister:
43/12
Film ID:
1075.26
Issue Date:
11/02/1943

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