Berlin Elections 1949

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Unused / unissued material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.

American newsreel item, title reads: "Reds Routed in Berlin Elections"

Berlin, Germany

High shot Berlin. LS and MS Communist Congress electing Lord Mayor of Eastern Berlin in Berlin Opera House. MS...

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Cataloguer:
Heather
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
67978
Sort Number:
UN 2186 I
Time in/Out:
01:57:01:00 / 01:59:10:00
Canister:
UN 2186 I
Film ID:
2519.33
Issue Date:

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