Dutch Public Records Taken To Safety 1939

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Full titles read: "PUBLIC RECORDS TAKEN TO SAFETY"

Various shots of public records and valuable archive manuscripts being taken deep into cellars and stacked there for safety during war Holland (in Amsterdam ?). C/U of manuscript dated 1672.

Cataloguer's note: The records were removed...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20294
Sort Number:
39/079
Time in/Out:
01:03:05:00 / 01:03:54:00
Canister:
39/79
Film ID:
1025.05
Issue Date:
09/10/1939

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