Guns And Tanks AKA Used Ordnance 1944

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Used ordnance - guns and tanks.

South Africa

Various shots of men and women of the technical services corps working on various bits of machinery. M/S as coastal guns are fired. M/S of crew gathered on a tank. Various shots of tanks splashing through water and over hills.

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
50539
Sort Number:
NSP 423
Time in/Out:
01:13:08:00 / 01:14:49:00
Canister:
NSP 423
Film ID:
1576.08
Issue Date:
08/05/1944

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Coast Artillery Ordinance Factory

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