Red Cross Aid To Victims Of Halifax 1916

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Red Cross sends aid to victims of Halifax. New York mattress company truck being loaded. Big stacks of mattresses are piled on top of a cab! Another truck from Boston backs up in foreground, it is piled high with pillows & blankets. Shot of worker moving mattresses...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
75843
Sort Number:
ON 237 N
Time in/Out:
01:09:05:00 / 01:09:23:00
Canister:
ON 237 N
Film ID:
2354.12
Issue Date:
1916

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