Town Comes To Life After Long Strike 1965

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Mount Isa, Australia

VS. Around small Australian town of Mount Isa. VS. Around the tin mines of Mount Isa as the giant quarries and factories start to produce again after on off the longest strike in Australia's history. (Comb.F.G.)

Data

Cataloguer:
James
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
87750
Sort Number:
UN 4014 H
Time in/Out:
01:19:11:00 / 01:20:19:00
Canister:
UN 4014 H
Film ID:
3108.10
Issue Date:
1965

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