Portable Hospital 1917

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World War One. Medical. Portable hospital. Shot of group of soldiers unloading things (pallets?) from truck. Then soldiers working on construction of the makeshift hospital; which is under a semicircle of what looks like corrugated metal; a soldier is on a ladder adding on...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
71770
Sort Number:
ON 044 I
Time in/Out:
01:55:04:00 / 01:55:41:00
Canister:
ON 044 I
Film ID:
1864.53
Issue Date:
1917

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