Etna In Eruption 1928

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Item title reads - Etna in eruption - Further remarkable pictures. Sicily.

L/S of the smouldering rocks still falling slowly down around buildings, the camera pans across.

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35462
Sort Number:
G 1555
Time in/Out:
01:12:47:00 / 01:13:17:00
Canister:
G 1555
Film ID:
770.09
Issue Date:
15/11/1928

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