Gift From Burma To The RAF 1940

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Gift from Burma to the RAF (Royal Air Force). London

Various shots of ceremony in the interior of India House of the handing over of a cheque on behalf of the Burma World Organisation Fund for $100,000. by Secretary...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
60265
Sort Number:
UN 0248 C
Time in/Out:
01:26:47:00 / 01:31:18:00
Canister:
UN 248 C
Film ID:
1633.12
Issue Date:

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