Making Them Work 1917

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Making Them Work - France.

World War One. Austrian prisoners of war working in ports of France. First; shot of the prisoners stacking up cylinders on a small cart on train track. They are all wearing capes. Next; Austrians with shovels or spades. smoothing the soil between the railroad tracks.

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
71735
Sort Number:
ON 042 C
Time in/Out:
01:18:49:00 / 01:19:11:00
Canister:
ON 042 C
Film ID:
1864.18
Issue Date:
1917

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Newsreels
Categories
War & Revolution
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WW1 Austria

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