Cassino 1946

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Item title reads - Cassino.

Italy.

Various library shots of the famous Benedictine monastery being blown up and destroyed by the allies during the war. Various shots as it is today, a heap of rubble. Various shots as the monks begin to rebuild it, they use pickaxes and wheel the...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45770
Sort Number:
46/065
Time in/Out:
01:53:46:00 / 01:55:00:00
Canister:
46/65
Film ID:
1406.28
Issue Date:
15/08/1946

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