Demonstrations And Military Manoeuvres In… 1947

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Baghdad, Iraq.

LS. Elevated shot of a mass crowd panning to a flat roofed building on the bank of a river. Various shots of people marching through streets in Baghdad with banners, demonstrating against partition of the Palestine. They are young partisans of the Arab League. Various shots of...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
74397
Sort Number:
UN 1879 A
Time in/Out:
01:46:10:00 / 01:48:36:00
Canister:
UN 1879 A
Film ID:
2206.18
Issue Date:
1947

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