Gallant Finland 1940

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Full title reads: "Gallant Finland."

Finland.

Various shots of still smouldering ruins of houses after Russian bomb attack on Finnish city of Viborg.

CU Snow covered telegraph pole in Finland pan down to GV snow covered landscape. MS Horse drawn sleighs going across snow.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20489
Sort Number:
40/001
Time in/Out:
01:20:44:00 / 01:21:42:00
Canister:
40/1
Film ID:
1031.07
Issue Date:
01/01/1940

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