China Buys Rail Locomotives 1936

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Anvers, France.

Various shots of railway locomotives being lifted aboard a ship. They are bound for China, five trains have been bought for the country's railway system from a French engineering firm. MS of Chinese representative. CU of Chinese characters on side of...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
84981
Sort Number:
36/036 / UNI GAZ 020
Time in/Out:
01:20:14:00 / 01:20:55:00
Canister:
36/36 / UNI GAZ ROLL 20
Film ID:
2957.19
Issue Date:
04/05/1936

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