Demonstration In Trafalgar Square 1942

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Titles read: "DEMONSTRATION IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE".

London.

Various shots of massed crowds in Trafalgar Square for a 'Second Front in Europe' meeting . Mr John Gordon addresses the gathering, speaking of a united front.

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44293
Sort Number:
42/087
Time in/Out:
01:04:12:00 / 01:04:52:00
Canister:
42/87
Film ID:
1342.05
Issue Date:
29/10/1942

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