War Orphans Leave Dover For Continental… 1949

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Dover, Kent, England

WAR ORPHANS LEAVE DOVER FOR CONTINENTAL HOLIDAY

MS Train entering platform. SCU British children getting off the train. LS Railway Station sign - panning down to children with luggage leaving the station. LS Children making their way across the Quay. SCU Children...

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Cataloguer:
Virginia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
67840
Sort Number:
UN 2195 K
Time in/Out:
01:36:27:00 / 01:36:59:00
Canister:
UN 2195 K
Film ID:
2505.15
Issue Date:
1949

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