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Tons Of Mail For The BEF 1939
Description
Full titles read: "TONS OF MAIL FOR THE BEF [British Expeditionary Force]"
Various shot of workers at Post Office sorting room sifting through thousands of letters. M/S's of the head of the Army Post Office informing members of the public to make sure they put the proper address on the parcels...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Howard
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 20190
- Sort Number:
- 39/100
- Time in/Out:
- 01:48:33:00 / 01:50:53:00
- Canister:
- 39/100
- Film ID:
- 1019.42
- Issue Date:
- 21/12/1939
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