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Description: | The ruins of Lens, Western Front, captured by British forces on 4th October 1918.
A general pan over the ruins of the town. There are barbed wire entanglements left on the roads between the ruins, and a British soldier walks up to and through one of the gaps in the wire. Another soldier stands in a masonry dugout, with a sudden explosion, either shelling or demolition, behind him.
35mm | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 01/3(4-15).9 | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Ministry of Information | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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