Rangoon 1942

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Rangoon. (Yangon).

Burma (Myanmar).

Various shots of Rangoon, aircraft fly overhead and drop bombs. M/S as men ride elephants out of the water. Various shots of monkeys and a boy shinning up and down a coconut tree. A woman smokes a cigar whilst holding her daughter on her knee. Various...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
49588
Sort Number:
NSP 306
Time in/Out:
01:03:49:00 / 01:05:54:00
Canister:
NSP 306
Film ID:
1542.03
Issue Date:
09/02/1942

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