War ! 1939

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Full titles read: "WAR !"

Various good shots of children being evacuated by bus trams and trains. M/S of children in foreground at Garden Close SW9. M/Ss of children arriving at houses in the country. Good C/U of Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli). M/S of King Leopold of Belgium. C/U of American...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
19381
Sort Number:
39/071
Time in/Out:
01:00:25:00 / 01:05:39:00
Canister:
39/71
Film ID:
997.01
Issue Date:
11/09/1939

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