- Title: VM-981
- Summary: UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS:
- Description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
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1944
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-981