Gordon Highlanders In Malaya 1951

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Malaya.

Documentation states - A patrol of the Gordon Highlanders stationed in Malaya acting on information received from the police go into the balukar (secondary jungle) to locate and exterminate a Communist bandit. They arrive at the bandit camp to find the place deserted except for a solitary...

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Cataloguer:
Agnew
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
68766
Sort Number:
UN 2376 D
Time in/Out:
01:10:31:00 / 01:12:21:00
Canister:
UN 2376 D
Film ID:
2559.05
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