Sidelights On Our Springbok Army Activities… 1939

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Unused / unissued material - dates unclear or unknown.

Title reads: "Sidelights on our Springbok Army Activities Up North."

South Africa.

Good shot of elderly couple listening to radio.

North Africa - Possibly Kenya or Abyssinia / Ethiopia.

Shots of a road...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
59324
Sort Number:
UN 0170 A
Time in/Out:
01:43:46:00 / 01:49:04:00
Canister:
UN 170 A
Film ID:
594.20
Issue Date:

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