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Object Details

Category
Sound
Related period
1945-1989 (production), Interwar (content)
Creator
IWM (Production company)
Wood, Conrad (Recorder)
Hetherington, Leo Sydney Victor (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date
1981-04-02
Dimensions

whole: Duration 104, Number Of Items 4

Catalogue number
4838

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