Terrorists Strike Again - £350,000 Oil… 1947

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Full title reads: "Terrorists Strike Again. £350,000 Oil Blaze at Haifa."

Haifa, Israel / Palestine. Jewish terrorists set fire to the petrol storage installations.

LS MS Clouds of thick smoke rising from the blazing petrol tanks.

CU A screenful of dense smoke.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40695
Sort Number:
47/028
Time in/Out:
01:18:18:00 / 01:19:01:00
Canister:
47/28
Film ID:
1181.08
Issue Date:
07/04/1947

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