General Smuts' Plane Arrives 1942

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Northold Airport, Kent.

A plane lands at Northold airport. General Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa, leaving the plane.

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
61034
Sort Number:
UN 0732 C
Time in/Out:
01:44:05:00 / 01:44:33:00
Canister:
UN 732 C
Film ID:
1859.09
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