When Our Camera Man Is 'resting' 1942

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Full title reads: "When Our Cameraman is 'Resting'".

Shots of Pathe cameraman Terry Ashwood using his camera with troops in the North African Desert. The chats to troops. Good shot of Ashwood as he rests his tin helmet on his camera.

VS. In Cairo film of what happens to items of waste...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20725
Sort Number:
42/032
Time in/Out:
01:48:47:00 / 01:51:35:00
Canister:
42/32
Film ID:
1041.48
Issue Date:
20/04/2042

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