Ashanti 1922

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Ashanti, Gold Coast, West African frontier.

Full titles read: "and from that distant out-post of Empire - Coomassie Ashanti - you see the Review of the West African Frontier Force by the Governor of the Gold Coast."

L/S as three dignitaries (one is carrying the Union Flag) walk towards...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23010
Sort Number:
G 0886
Time in/Out:
01:18:58:00 / 01:20:18:00
Canister:
G 886
Film ID:
270.15
Issue Date:
19/06/1922

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