Not A Single Button Left Behind 1929

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Item title reads - Not a single button left behind! General Sir W. Thwaites, Commander-in-Chief, and last of British Rhineland troops, home again. Dover, Kent.

M/S of band playing on the dock as the ship sails into port. L/S of the soldiers on deck collecting their possessions and waving to...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
18986
Sort Number:
G 1668
Time in/Out:
01:22:41:00 / 01:24:11:00
Canister:
G 1668
Film ID:
826.16
Issue Date:
16/12/1929

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