Mapping It Out! 1940

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Titles read: "MAPPING IT OUT!"

France.

Various shots of a team of French army men at work in winter countryside, using various optical measuring instruments to view a field and mark out its exact contours on a map. Several shots of a draughtsman at work in an office, drawing maps from...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15580
Sort Number:
PT 533
Time in/Out:
01:00:44:00 / 01:02:57:00
Canister:
PT 533
Film ID:
1204.01
Issue Date:
17/06/1940

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Warp Films JUNE 1940 World War II

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