America Opens Embassy In New Delhi 1959

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New Delhi, India. Cut story with American commentary.

LS.CU.New embassy in New Delhi, (designed by architect Edward Stone) pool in foreground. Interior shot of Embassy. GV. of pool in the grounds of the Embassy. Various shots Prime Minister Nehru with his daughter, Indira Gandhi (later Prime...

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Cataloguer:
Jane
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
84454
Sort Number:
UN 3175 H
Time in/Out:
01:41:41:00 / 01:42:27:00
Canister:
UN 3175 H
Film ID:
2930.17
Issue Date:
1959

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