Lancasters Let In The Sea 1944

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Item title reads - Lancasters 'let in the sea'.

Holland.

Aerial of bombs falling and bursting on gun targets on the Dutch island of Walcheren. Aerial of bombs bursting on the dyke near Veere. Aerial of smoke rising from bombed targets.

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44784
Sort Number:
44/084
Time in/Out:
01:33:50:00 / 01:34:52:00
Canister:
44/84
Film ID:
1366.20
Issue Date:
19/10/1944

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