Letters From Home

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Woman putting letter in a post box. Sacks of mail arriving at naval sorting office. Various shots of the naval rating sorting letters and parcels. Various shots of the sailors receiving and reading their mail.

Note: Badly damaged film.

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
60469
Sort Number:
UN 302 E
Time in/Out:
01:37:51:00 / 01:39:10:00
Canister:
UN 302 E
Film ID:
1689.12
Issue Date:

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