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Object details

Category
Sound
Related period
1990 to the present day (production), Interwar (content), Second World War (content), Interwar (association), Second World War (association)
Creator
IWM (Production company)
Wood, Conrad (recorder)
Kolecki, Stanisław Bronisław (interviewee/speaker)
Production date
1990-11-07
Dimensions

whole: Duration 60, Number Of Items 2

Catalogue number
11624

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