More Bomb Outrages 1939

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London

Full titles read: "MORE BOMB OUTRAGES"

L/S's of the damage caused by a bomb outside Leicester Square tube station. M/S's of the wreckage (possibly caused by the IRA / Irish Republican Army). L/S's of the entrance to Tottenham Court Road underground station.

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
19309
Sort Number:
39/011
Time in/Out:
01:35:13:00 / 01:35:51:00
Canister:
39/11
Film ID:
999.40
Issue Date:
06/02/1939

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