Haifa Train Crash 1947

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Thought to be Selected Originals from late 1940s material.

Palestine / Israel. A passenger train is blown up by Jewish terrorists causing several deaths.

MS Damaged train, the Cairo-Haifa express - It had been blown up.

MS British troops on guard.

MS British troops...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
59585
Sort Number:
UNSO 011 G
Time in/Out:
01:06:55:00 / 01:07:24:00
Canister:
UNSO Reel 011 G
Film ID:
1514.07
Issue Date:

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