Object details

Category
Sound
Related period
1945-1989 (production), Second World War (content)
Creator
Morris, Eric (Production company)
Morris, Eric (recorder)
Maltasang, Galo Sanchez (interviewee/speaker)
Production date
1980
Dimensions

whole: Duration 30, Number Of Items 1

Catalogue number
5029

Object associations

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