Bastille Day 1959

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Title reads: "Bastille Day".

Paris, France.

SV President Charles de Gaulle presenting Tricolour flag to a representative from French Empire. SV crowd watching. De Gaulle handing a flag to another head of a colony. SV crowd. Zoom in to show de Gaulle presenting another flag.

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51307
Sort Number:
59/058
Time in/Out:
01:19:58:00 / 01:20:54:00
Canister:
59/58
Film ID:
1589.15
Issue Date:
20/07/1959

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