Super Tanks Demo In France 1938

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France.

This seems to be a duplicate of the story SUPER TANKS DEMONSTRATED IN FRANCE from issue 38/38. See separate record for details.

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
17210
Sort Number:
38/038
Time in/Out:
01:59:48:00 / 02:00:50:00
Canister:
38/38
Film ID:
965.58
Issue Date:
12/05/1938

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