Modern Methods 1934

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Full title reads: "MODERN METHODS - British Tanks keep a ceaseless patrol of the Khyber Pass."

Khyber Pass, India (Border between India and Afghanistan).

A line of miniature tanks with solders entering them. They are at Khyber Pass at the border between India and Afghanistan - a territory...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
8648
Sort Number:
34/038
Time in/Out:
01:47:21:00 / 01:48:36:00
Canister:
34/38
Film ID:
781.32
Issue Date:
10/05/1934

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