London AKA Irish Bomb Outrage 1939

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Full titles read: "LONDON"

L/S's of several shops with broken windows caused by the bomb blast (possible Irish Republican Army attack / IRA ?). L/S's of shop keepers clearing up the debris in Piccadilly caused by the act of terrorism.

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
20106
Sort Number:
39/052
Time in/Out:
01:17:35:00 / 01:18:04:00
Canister:
39/52
Film ID:
1017.20
Issue Date:
30/06/1939

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