The Terrors Of A Future War! 1931

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Full title reads: "London. The Terrors of a Future War! By order of the War Office ... Red Cross nurses and workers undergo course of training in gas attack and treatment of poisoning."

London.

Men and women in Red Cross uniforms stand in line and put on their gas masks.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
8361
Sort Number:
31/019
Time in/Out:
01:33:24:00 / 01:34:44:00
Canister:
31/19
Film ID:
763.21
Issue Date:
05/03/1931

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