Mr Churchill Visits A Gun Station 1942

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Titles read: "MR CHURCHILL VISITS A GUN STATION".

Somewhere in Britain.

Various shots show Prime Minister Winston Churchill visiting a gun station, also known as an anti-aircraft battery, "in the formidable network of British Ground Defences". Churchill sees ATS (Auxiliary Territorial...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43770
Sort Number:
42/030
Time in/Out:
01:00:05:00 / 01:01:05:00
Canister:
42/30
Film ID:
1324.01
Issue Date:
13/04/1942

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