First To Fight 1935

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Item title reads - First to fight.

M/S of sign saying 'USA Marine Corps', M/S of guns on a ship. L/S of Tun tavern where the Marines were formed, C/U of the plaque commemorating it. The Marines flag is unfurled. M/S of Navy department in Washington. C/U of their Major General Commandant, General...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
12570
Sort Number:
35/095
Time in/Out:
01:30:25:00 / 01:32:48:00
Canister:
35/95
Film ID:
845.15
Issue Date:
28/11/1935

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