The Japanese Earthquake 1923

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Item title reads - The Japanese earthquake - in continuation of our previous edition - the first pictures to be (rest of title is obscured by timecode).

Intertitle - 'Owing to Martial Law the camera had to be concealed.'

M/S of the car containing the camera and two men, they are holding...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24033
Sort Number:
G 1024
Time in/Out:
01:38:17:00 / 01:40:49:00
Canister:
G 1024
Film ID:
318.21
Issue Date:
18/10/1923

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