Second Front 1942

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Titles read: "SECOND FRONT".

London.

At Empress Hall we see Sir Stafford Cripps making a speech about the Second Front. He tells of the Anglo-Russian alliance and says we must gain revenge for the attack by Hitler on the Russian people. "When we strike, let us strike hard and with...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43975
Sort Number:
42/051
Time in/Out:
01:03:45:00 / 01:07:19:00
Canister:
42/51
Film ID:
1332.03
Issue Date:
26/06/1942

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