Rhodesia Mobilises 1939

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Full titles read: "RHODESIA MOBILISES"

L/S's of hundreds of South African soldiers at railway station boarding a train. L/S's of loved ones waving goodbye to them as the train pulls out of the station.

Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20178
Sort Number:
39/092
Time in/Out:
01:32:40:00 / 01:33:09:00
Canister:
39/92
Film ID:
1019.30
Issue Date:
23/11/1939

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