Chinese Reds Free Angus Ward 1949

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Unissued / Unused material.

Title - '1st films from China, Reds free Angus Ward!'.

Chinese Communists free Angus Ward, American Consul General captured at Mukden. Tientsin, China.

MS barge alongside the US freighter 'Lakeland'. MS Angus Ward and another man walking up rope...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
65396
Sort Number:
UN 2224 B
Time in/Out:
01:46:50:00 / 01:47:55:00
Canister:
UN 2224 B
Film ID:
2284.20
Issue Date:
1949

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