Front Line

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Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown.

On the front line in Italy?

Various shots ambulance outside farmhouse being used as hospital by Red Cross. Various shots camouflaged field guns, we see American GIs loading mortar shells and firing into mountains....

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
60858
Sort Number:
UN 0753 B
Time in/Out:
01:40:01:00 / 01:47:26:00
Canister:
UN 753 B
Film ID:
1844.15
Issue Date:

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Newsreels
Categories
War & Revolution War & Revolution
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FRONT LINE La Guerre 2

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