French Take Over Strasbourg 1919

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Item title reads: "Strassbourg - French for evermore! - Imposing military display at ceremony of replacing the proud Imperial Eagle with the domestic Gallic Cock in the liberated City"

Strasbourg, Germany / France.

MS French cavalry crossing a decorated bridge. CU. The Imperial Eagle...

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Cataloguer:
Bond
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25257
Sort Number:
G 0614
Time in/Out:
01:33:10:00 / 01:34:06:00
Canister:
G 614
Film ID:
200.22
Issue Date:
10/11/1919

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