New Zealanders Desert Advance - 1942 1942

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Description

Northern Africa.

Various shots of the New Zealand soldiers with bayonets fixed, moving forward across desert and through barbed wire fences.

Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
60524
Sort Number:
UN 312 C
Time in/Out:
01:41:53:00 / 01:42:28:00
Canister:
UN 312 C
Film ID:
1695.09
Issue Date:

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