Sicily: Zero Hour 1943

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Full title reads: 'SICILY: ZERO HOUR".

Various Locations.

Various shots of packing and loading of weapon containers into the planes. Various shots of the briefing for the raid. Several shots of General Bernard Montgomery visiting men of the Airborne Division prior to the raid. Various...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37980
Sort Number:
43/057
Time in/Out:
01:42:05:00 / 01:45:40:00
Canister:
43/57
Film ID:
1079.21
Issue Date:
19/07/1943

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