Palestine Evacuation Begins 1948

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Full title reads: "PALESTINE EVACUATION BEGINS".

Haifa, Palestine.

Long shot of soldiers standing on the quayside on pouring rain. Long shot of women and children going aboard ship. Closer shot of the women and children walking up gangplank. Troops coming towards the gangway in the...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
46370
Sort Number:
48/021
Time in/Out:
01:57:14:00 / 01:58:18:00
Canister:
48/21
Film ID:
1422.48
Issue Date:
11/03/1948

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