South African Hospital 1914-1918

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Veterans receive training on office equipment in a South African Hospital.

MS man typing while still halfway reclining in bed. MS a man typing in figures on an adding machine.

MS of one man working on a cash register while another man turns the handle of an old printing machine with...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
72164
Sort Number:
ON 071 E
Time in/Out:
01:55:38:00 / 01:56:14:00
Canister:
ON 071 E
Film ID:
1876.57
Issue Date:
1914 - 1918

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