Polish Sailors Released By Chiang Kai Shek 1955

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Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.

Polish Newsreel item. Title reads: "Powrot z niewoli".

Gdansk, Poland

LS Plane carrying nineteen Polish sailors from the "Gottwald", freed after a year of captivity on Taiwan by Nationalist Chinese...

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Cataloguer:
Heather
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
79654
Sort Number:
UN 2744 C
Time in/Out:
01:37:25:00 / 01:39:41:00
Canister:
UN 2744 C
Film ID:
2684.27
Issue Date:
1955

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