Troops Building Bridge 1947

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Cheb, Czechoslovakia.

Czech title reads 'Our Soldiers'.

Snow and ice swept away the only bridge across the river Ohre at Cheb region in Czechoslovakia. A new bridge supplied by UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) is erected.

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Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
63860
Sort Number:
UN 1669 J
Time in/Out:
01:48:21:00 / 01:50:08:00
Canister:
UN 1669 J
Film ID:
2150.26
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