Newsbriefs From The Middle East 1941

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Item title reads - Newsbriefs from the Middle East.

M/S of R.A.F. (Royal Air Force) camp in the desert. A man removes the 'Officers Mess' sign and replaces it with Pilots' Mess'. M/S of the pilots sat around, others come up and they shake hands. Commissioned and non-commissioned pilots now...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39490
Sort Number:
41/094
Time in/Out:
01:19:30:00 / 01:22:18:00
Canister:
41/94
Film ID:
1135.16
Issue Date:
24/11/1941

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British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
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The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
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