Pearl Harbour - First Pictures 1942

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Titles read: "PEARL HARBOUR - FIRST PICTURES".

Pearl Harbour, Oahu, Hawaii.

Various shots show wrecked ships, aircraft and docks in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on the United States Fleet at Pearl Harbour (8 December 1941). Wrecked planes lie on the shore of the island. The...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43649
Sort Number:
42/015
Time in/Out:
01:26:19:00 / 01:29:13:00
Canister:
42/15
Film ID:
1318.17
Issue Date:
19/02/1942

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