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Object details

Category
Sound
Related period
1945-1989 (production), First World War (content), First World War (association)
Creator
IWM (Production company)
Lance, David G (recorder)
Williams, Thomas Blenheim (interviewee/speaker)
Production date
1972-08-19
Dimensions

whole: Duration 180, Number Of Items 12

Catalogue number
313

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