General Franco In Barcelona 1939

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Full titles read: "GENERAL FRANCO IN BARCELONA"

L/S of General Franco standing up in open topped car riding through the streets of Barcelona followed by hundreds of cavalry members. Several other shots of other soldiers marching through the streets watched by Franco from a high balcony named...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
14113
Sort Number:
39/017
Time in/Out:
01:40:01:00 / 01:41:58:00
Canister:
39/17
Film ID:
1001.44
Issue Date:
27/02/1939

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