The Next War Will Be In The Air Tinted 1925

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No title - paperwork reads - "The next war will be in the air!" Antiaircraft Brigades and searchlight battalions - for which recruits are much in need - "repel" air raiders. London.

C/U of a big searchlight pointing towards the sky and spinning around. M/S of three soldiers silhouetted against...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25099
Sort Number:
G 1185
Time in/Out:
01:43:57:00 / 01:45:32:00
Canister:
G 1185
Film ID:
390.26
Issue Date:
30/04/1925

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