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Colombo Opens New Chapter For Commonwealth 1950
Description
Full title reads: "Colombo Opens New Chapter For Commonwealth".
Colombo, Ceylon / Sri Lanka and Indo-China.
MV Exterior Senate building, Colombo, SV Windows of Senate House showing Commonwealth flags flying. MV Towards British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin arriving. MV Towards and...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 47348
- Sort Number:
- 50/006
- Time in/Out:
- 01:19:11:00 / 01:21:05:00
- Canister:
- 50/6
- Film ID:
- 1448.11
- Issue Date:
- 19/01/1950
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