Peace - The Eleventh Hour 1947

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Full title reads: "Peace - The Eleventh Hour".

Ex Library shots of the Atom bomb explosion in Bikini Atoll and sequences of the Didcot (Harwell) laboratory in Berkshire. Gates are patrolled by guard.

Riots in India.

LS Deserted streets in New Delhi. LS. a solitary soldier...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41146
Sort Number:
47/076
Time in/Out:
01:38:14:00 / 01:45:00:00
Canister:
47/76
Film ID:
1193.18
Issue Date:
22/09/1947

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