Palestine Train Wrecked 1947

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Palestine / Israel. Train blown up. (This story has no separate heading. So divided from the previous story by a swish pan.)

MS Damaged train, the Cairo-Haifa express.

MS British troops on guard.

MS British troops and others engaged in rescue work, bringing up the dead on...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41227
Sort Number:
47/065
Time in/Out:
01:03:03:00 / 01:03:31:00
Canister:
47/65
Film ID:
1191.03
Issue Date:
14/08/1947

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