Police! 1939

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Titles read: "POLICE!"

Johannesburg, South Africa.

Various shots of new telephone boxes in a yard waiting to be taken to sites in the city; the boxes are equipped with telephones with a direct line to the police. M/S of a sign reading 'South African Police' and the equivalent in Afrikaans....

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41185
Sort Number:
PT 505
Time in/Out:
01:49:30:00 / 01:50:58:00
Canister:
PT 505
Film ID:
1194.27
Issue Date:
04/12/1939

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