Canada's Cenotaph 1923

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Item title reads - Canada's Cenotaph to her heroes who fell in the second Battle of Ypres (when Germans first used poison gas) unveiled by the Duke of Connaught. St. Julien.

L/S as Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, walks up past a line of soldiers with a military officer, he chats to another...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23874
Sort Number:
G 0997
Time in/Out:
01:38:21:00 / 01:44:49:00
Canister:
G 997
Film ID:
310.28
Issue Date:
16/07/1923

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