Italians Bomb The Holy Land 1941

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Titles read: "Italians bomb the Holy Land".

Haifa, Palestine.

L/S, taken from Mount Carmel, of enormous cloud of smoke rising from centre of town. Various shot of the smoke cloud taken from ground level, it is coming from a fire in an oil tank. Various shots of graveyard, the bombing...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37765
Sort Number:
41/010
Time in/Out:
01:00:23:00 / 01:01:12:00
Canister:
41/10
Film ID:
1069.01
Issue Date:
03/02/1941

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