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Fire Service Benevolent Fund 1940
Description
Location Unspecified. 1940?
Various shots of Benevolent Fund Chairman fire who outlines the value of the benevolent fund.
Note: There was no dope sheet to accompany this material.
Data
- Cataloguer:
- James
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 83963
- Sort Number:
- DOCS
- Time in/Out:
- 01:13:54:00 / 01:14:52:00
- Canister:
- DOCS
- Film ID:
- 2909.03
- Issue Date:
- 1940
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