Shaggy Ridge 1944

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Item title reads - Shaggy Ridge.

New Guinea.

Various shots showing treacherous area known as Shaggy Ridge in the Ramu Valley in New Guinea. Australian soldiers climb up ridge after the battle in which they cleared the Japanese from this stronghold, men from New Guinea help them. Various...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44627
Sort Number:
44/034
Time in/Out:
01:29:45:00 / 01:32:04:00
Canister:
44/34
Film ID:
1356.13
Issue Date:
27/04/1944

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