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"Parashots" Enrol 1940
Description
Full title reads: "'Parashots' Enrol"
CU War Minister Anthony Eden sitting in front of microphone at his desk - not speaking.
VS Shots from library of German parachutists dropping on manoeuvres.
CU Police sign outside a police station which is surrounded by sand bags.
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Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 20797
- Sort Number:
- 40/041
- Time in/Out:
- 01:09:59:00 / 01:10:48:00
- Canister:
- 40/41
- Film ID:
- 1045.07
- Issue Date:
- 20/05/1940
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