They'll Spend Xmas In Safety 1916

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They'll spend Xmas in safety - Germans surrender on the Somme.

France.

German prisoners who surrendered during the Battle of the Somme. Pan across area behind a hill; the whole thing fixed up like a giant trench; somewhere behind the front lines: a bunch of German soldiers standing...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
71428
Sort Number:
ON 036 J
Time in/Out:
01:58:56:00 / 01:59:32:00
Canister:
ON 036 J
Film ID:
1860.52
Issue Date:
1916

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