French Outposts Of Empire 1940

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Full title reads: "French Outposts of Empire".

GV Sunrise at sea.

VS of French alpine ski patrol leaving a snow igloo on the snow covered summit of a mountain in Syria and good shots of them on patrol skiing across the snow slopes and through the alpine forests.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20757
Sort Number:
40/036
Time in/Out:
01:22:33:00 / 01:24:13:00
Canister:
40/36
Film ID:
1043.23
Issue Date:
02/05/1940

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