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France Honours The The Memory Of One Of… 1937
Description
Full title reads: "BELGIUM".
Belgium.
A sequence of old footage showing one of the greatest French airman Georges Vilmere being presented with the Cross of the Legion of Honour for bringing down 54 German planes.
Pan along the memorial to Georges Vilmere in the little Belgian...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sanja
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 13851
- Sort Number:
- 37/075
- Time in/Out:
- 01:07:34:00 / 01:08:33:00
- Canister:
- 37/75
- Film ID:
- 935.11
- Issue Date:
- 20/09/1937
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