Cocktails A La Molotov 1940

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Full title reads: "Cocktails A La Molotov".

VS of an army defence exercise, a tank representing the enemy rams a road block whereupon troops rush out from hiding and set light to the tank with Molotov cocktails / petrol bombs.

N.B. These men are members of the Home Guard. The mock...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
21060
Sort Number:
40/068
Time in/Out:
01:42:41:00 / 01:43:09:00
Canister:
40/68
Film ID:
1053.46
Issue Date:
22/08/1940

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