Conquering The Desert 1940

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Titles read: "CONQUERING THE DESERT".

Aerial shots of a town on the coast of Italian North Africa in Tripoli. Various shots of Italian colonists arriving by boats from Genoa at Tripoli harbour, coming down ship gangplanks and being transported in trucks. Aerial shots of the vast flat land of...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41322
Sort Number:
PT 510
Time in/Out:
01:48:55:00 / 01:50:00:00
Canister:
PT 510
Film ID:
1196.28
Issue Date:
08/01/1940

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