Caterpillar Crawl 1923

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Description

Tanks clearing a forest. Shots of trees being bulldozed. Shots illustrating driver's view inside tank.

Safety print only.

Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
14605
Sort Number:
EP 044
Time in/Out:
01:17:43:00 / 01:19:12:00
Canister:
EP 044
Film ID:
846.06
Issue Date:

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