Prime Minister With The Tanks 1941

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Title reads: "Prime Minister with the tanks".

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C/U of Winston Churchill, wearing overcoat and trilby hat, standing in front of a tank. Tank is named after Churchill. Various shots of Churchill inspecting and being cheered by men of the Tank Corps. Churchill...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38426
Sort Number:
41/016
Time in/Out:
01:19:44:00 / 01:20:55:00
Canister:
41/16
Film ID:
1101.11
Issue Date:
24/02/1941

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