The Lifesavers Of "Down Under" 1939

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Titles read: 'THE LIFESAVERS OF "DOWN UNDER"'.

Sydney, Australia.

An ambulance pulls up in a road. Men of the Sydney Ambulance cliff rescue division unload a kind of telescopic tripod crane and set it up on the edge of a cliff, then use it to lower an ambulance man on a perpendicular...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41113
Sort Number:
PT 494
Time in/Out:
01:27:01:00 / 01:28:33:00
Canister:
PT 494
Film ID:
1192.15
Issue Date:
11/09/1939

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