Christmas Letters 1914-1918

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Titles (transferred in negative) read: 'Christmas Letters. Happy recipients of letter from home in the trenches.'

France or Belgium?

CU Soldiers in trench; playing cards. Then CU soldiers in trench; smoking cigarettes and talking. Officer enters; brings newspaper & distributes mail....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
74862
Sort Number:
ON 190 O
Time in/Out:
01:49:45:00 / 01:50:23:00
Canister:
ON 190 O
Film ID:
2326.41
Issue Date:
1914 - 1918

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