Czech Convent Rebuilt 1965

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Czechoslovakia.

CU. Pencil sketches of the Amauz Convent over the ages. Various shots showing the convent burning to the ground during a raid in 1945. Various still photographs taken during reconstruction of the convent. Various shots of several proposed models of how the convent could look....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
88163
Sort Number:
UN 4046 E
Time in/Out:
01:42:50:00 / 01:44:33:00
Canister:
UN 4046 E
Film ID:
3126.14
Issue Date:
1965

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