"Mock" Battle At San Diego Lner 1937

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Full title reads: "SAN DIEGO".

San Diego, United States of America (USA).

Sixth Battalion of US Marines disembarking boats on San Diego coast. Troops running across the beach, crawling, taking cover behind bushes and start firing their guns - this is a military exercise - landing and...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
13788
Sort Number:
37/070
Time in/Out:
01:08:29:00 / 01:09:05:00
Canister:
37/70
Film ID:
933.10
Issue Date:
02/09/1937

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