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Object Details

Category
Sound
Related period
1945-1989 (production), Interwar (content), Second World War (content), Second World War (association)
Creator
IWM (Production company)
Smith, Lyn E (Recorder)
Taggart, Mervyn Alexander (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date
1980-05-05
Dimensions

whole: Duration 120, Number Of Items 4

Catalogue number
4657

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