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Deforestation Work By Vtc 1914-1918
Description
Deforestation Work by VTC (Volunteer Civilian Corps) - willing hands busy on urgent work.
Location of events unknown.
Pan across group of men, mostly in shirtsleeves, but some in army tunics and hats, cutting down spindly trees and piling the branches together. Volunteers in civvies...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 73459
- Sort Number:
- ON 154 L
- Time in/Out:
- 01:31:10:00 / 01:32:24:00
- Canister:
- ON 154 L
- Film ID:
- 1926.27
- Issue Date:
- 1914 - 1918
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