The Navy's Task In North Africa 1943

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Full title reads: "THE NAVY'S TASK IN NORTH AFRICA".

North Africa.

Various shots of large merchant ships with equipment and troops arriving at North African ports. Several shots of British troops, bren gun carriers, tanks, food and oil being unloaded at what looks like Algiers. Several...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37940
Sort Number:
43/021
Time in/Out:
01:19:10:00 / 01:22:38:00
Canister:
43/21
Film ID:
1077.12
Issue Date:
15/03/1943

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