Gibraltar Today 1941

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Item title reads - Gibraltar today.

L/S of the rock of Gibraltar. The camera pans across buildings there. M/S of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, inspecting the Guard of Honour. L/S of soldiers running on beach and over rocks. Prince Henry watches engineers at work laying explosives on railway...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39367
Sort Number:
41/087
Time in/Out:
01:32:08:00 / 01:33:42:00
Canister:
41/87
Film ID:
1131.27
Issue Date:
30/10/1941

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