Combat Camera Reports 1944

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Item title reads - Combat camera reports.

Various shots of allied explosions at German Siegfried line as they try to destroy antitank barricades. American soldiers drive and walk by the line.

L/S looking along stretch of Albert canal. L/S tanks moving across Bailey Bridge over the...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39183
Sort Number:
44/078
Time in/Out:
01:30:58:00 / 01:33:18:00
Canister:
44/78
Film ID:
1125.14
Issue Date:
28/09/1944

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