Tommies Making Guns 1914-1918

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Tommies making guns. Location of events unknown.

Soldiers making bombs / grenades.- tin cans filled w/ gunpowder; nails; rocks; etc. CU a few British soldiers sitting on ground doing this.

Data

Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
75125
Sort Number:
ON 212 O
Time in/Out:
01:39:33:00 / 01:39:58:00
Canister:
ON 212 O
Film ID:
2338.49
Issue Date:
1914 - 1918

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