French In Action 1940

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Full title reads: "French In Action".

France.

VS Good shots of French artillery firing across open country from the cover of a small wood and from dug out positions.

MS. and CU. of German Prisoners of War behind barbed wire of a POW camp in France.

MS and CU of...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20823
Sort Number:
40/044
Time in/Out:
01:40:13:00 / 01:41:25:00
Canister:
40/44
Film ID:
1045.33
Issue Date:
30/05/1940

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