A Nation Mourns 1932

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Full title reads: "Paris. A Nation Mourns. Hour after hour, day & night - without cessation - tens of thousands pay last tribute to memory of M. Paul Doumer - France's ill-fated President."

Paris, France.

Pan across front of large building (possibly a hotel or government building)....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4966
Sort Number:
32/038
Time in/Out:
01:43:27:00 / 01:44:18:00
Canister:
32/38
Film ID:
673.33
Issue Date:
12/05/1932

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