Holidays At Home This Year 1942

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Titles read: "HOLIDAYS AT HOME THIS YEAR".

Various locations in Great Britain.

Panning shot across a railway depot yard full of tanks and military equipment. Commentator says "It is vital that all transport is left free for the war effort, so we really must spend our holidays at home"....

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43974
Sort Number:
42/051
Time in/Out:
01:02:21:00 / 01:03:45:00
Canister:
42/51
Film ID:
1332.02
Issue Date:
26/06/1942

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