Smuggling Illegal Migrants Into Australia… 1959

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Australian newsreel item.

Smuggling illegal migrants into Australia. Bodies of Chinese illegal immigrants is found by ship in Sydney Harbour.

Various shots ship in Sydney Harbour. Various shots of plain clothes policemen boarding ship to investigate...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
80640
Sort Number:
UN 3250 H
Time in/Out:
01:32:58:00 / 01:34:12:00
Canister:
UN 3250 H
Film ID:
2738.20
Issue Date:
1959

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