V.1. Sites Captured AKA V1 Sites Captured,… 1944

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Title reads: "V. 1 sites captured".

Near Rouen, France.

M/S of railway tracks covered in tree branches - part of one of the captured flying bomb launch sites. C/U of Map of England with important towns marked as targets. Various shots of wrecked blockhouse on the site. Various shots...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39136
Sort Number:
44/073
Time in/Out:
01:51:41:00 / 01:52:55:00
Canister:
44/73
Film ID:
1123.22
Issue Date:
11/09/1944

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