Disappearance Of Mrs Maclean 1953

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Disappearance of Mrs Maclean. Berne or Zurich. Switzerland.

Various shots hotel where Mrs Maclean was last seen. MS door to her apartment. CU still photograph of the Maclean family. CU front page of newspapers. Various shots experts examining Maclean property...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
81712
Sort Number:
UN 2556 H
Time in/Out:
01:59:15:00 / 02:02:13:00
Canister:
UN 2556 H
Film ID:
2779.30
Issue Date:
1953

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  • This story relates to Melinda Maclean, the wife of the famous British diplomat Donald Maclean, who transpired to be a spy for the Soviet Union.

    Mrs Maclean did eventually turn up, with her children. She later joined her husband in Moscow in around 1957.

    She died in New York in 2010.

    jamied 22nd May 2012

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