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Doom Town AKA Down Town 1955
Description
Cumberland.
GV. Doom town - rubble, bombed buildings, etc. SV. Building on fire. Men running to it with hand fire fighting equipment. GV. Soldiers lining up for a run-over with Geiger counter. CU. Soldier being measured with Geiger counter. SCU. Towards, men climbing over rubble. SCU. Two...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sanja
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 31287
- Sort Number:
- 55/100
- Time in/Out:
- 01:12:44:00 / 01:13:59:00
- Canister:
- 55/100
- Film ID:
- 553.08
- Issue Date:
- 15/12/1955
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