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Object Details

Category
Sound
Related period
1945-1989 (production), First World War (content), First World War (association)
Creator
Guthrie, Joe (Interviewee/Speaker)
Glen, Martin (Recorder)
Production date
1984
Dimensions

whole: Duration 90, Number Of Items 3

Catalogue number
33456

Object associations

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