Express Train Blown Up 1931

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Full title reads: "Germany. Express Train Blown Up. The Berlin-Frankfort [sic] flier wrecked by explosion of bomb attributed to political agitators."

Germany.

Pan along row of derailed and upturned railway carriages laying at the side of the track. View from other side of carriages...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
12638
Sort Number:
31/066
Time in/Out:
01:28:56:00 / 01:29:28:00
Canister:
31/66
Film ID:
863.21
Issue Date:
17/08/1931

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