Bridge Opening Ceremony 1940

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Full title reads: "Bridge Opening Ceremony".

Tientsin, China.

VS of ceremony of Bridge opening . Japanese troops are in heavy evidence.

MS and CU Yelling Commanding Officer of a detachment of Japanese troops lined up beside the river for the opening of the bridge.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20601
Sort Number:
40/013 (Dublin)
Time in/Out:
01:31:13:00 / 01:32:09:00
Canister:
40/13 (Dublin)
Film ID:
1035.27
Issue Date:
12/02/1940

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