General Gamelin With The Army In Britain 1940

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Full title reads: "General Gamelin With the Army in Britain."

VS including a CU of French General Maurice Gustave Gamelin, Commander of French Land Forces inspecting French Canadian troops on a parade ground outside their barracks in England.

Downing Street, London.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20685
Sort Number:
40/027
Time in/Out:
01:06:07:00 / 01:07:24:00
Canister:
40/27
Film ID:
1041.08
Issue Date:
01/04/1940

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