Come To The Riviera - For 2 Minutes 1924

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France.

Title: "'COME TO THE RIVIERA' (for 2 minutes!). Let the PATHE GAZETTE be your magic carpet. Leave our mists and chills for blue skies".

L/S of the Houses of Parliament shrouded in mist, taken from Westminster Bridge. M/S of a bus driving beside the River Thames at Embankment....

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24252
Sort Number:
G 1061
Time in/Out:
01:31:47:00 / 01:32:43:00
Canister:
G 1062
Film ID:
332.15
Issue Date:
28/02/1924

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