Munitions Transport AKA The Wonderful Lines 1916

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France.

World War One. Military transportation. Munitions transport in France; near the Somme. Opens with shot of guys in coats; helmets; stacked up bombshells; with trucks parked in BG; the men are carrying the shells back to trucks. Then; a shot of a road: 3 horses (with riders) pulling a...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
71495
Sort Number:
ON 017 K
Time in/Out:
02:00:32:00 / 02:01:04:00
Canister:
ON 017 K aka G 0387 B
Film ID:
1852.50
Issue Date:
1916

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