Land Mine Found On Holiday Beach 1967

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Weston Super Mare, North Somerset.

Four soldiers are seen at the beach covered in mud. Camera pans to show a large land mine sticking out of mud close to them - this is Birnbeck Island which was used as a weapon research establishment in World War II. Pan along muddy beach, then pan back to...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
93560
Sort Number:
UN 4289 F
Time in/Out:
01:14:14:00 / 01:17:08:00
Canister:
UN 4289 F
Film ID:
3198.06
Issue Date:
1967

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