Invasion Scenes - Europe 1945

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These are the cuts of the Pathe Gazettes story 'We Crossed the Rhine' in Pathe Gazettes issue 45/26 - Pathe Master tape *PM1149* - Film ID 1149.13.

Germany.

British floating pontoon coming ashore. Field guns and armoured cars are loaded onto pontoons to be transported across Rhine....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
61683
Sort Number:
UN 1011 B
Time in/Out:
01:40:43:00 / 01:43:05:00
Canister:
UN 1011 B
Film ID:
1958.07
Issue Date:

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