Bombs On Burma 1943

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Full title reads: "BOMBS ON BURMA".

Burma.

Long line of bombs being towed to aircraft. RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) pilots being briefed at Burma airfield prior to bombing Japanese on the Arakan front. Various shots of the ground crews loading planes with bombs. Pilots boarding...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38004
Sort Number:
43/032
Time in/Out:
01:39:10:00 / 01:40:28:00
Canister:
43/32
Film ID:
1081.23
Issue Date:
22/04/1943

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