First Home On West Front Leave 1945

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Item title reads - First home on West Front leave.

M/S of troops crowding around as names are drawn from a tin, those chosen cheer and run forward. C/U's of the men who are going back to Britain on leave - Fusilier William Maskell, South Tottenham; Trooper Harry Bennett, Sutton, Surrey and...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39638
Sort Number:
45/003
Time in/Out:
01:56:20:00 / 01:59:17:00
Canister:
45/3
Film ID:
1139.31
Issue Date:
08/01/1945

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