In The Wake Of Defeat 1922

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Greece.

Full titles read: "IN THE WAKE OF DEFEAT - Poignant pictures from our cameraman - a thousand times more affecting than the written word."

L/S from the sea of smoke billowing from a building in the hills.

Intertitle reads: "Flight!"

M/S of refugees. L/S's of...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23318
Sort Number:
G 0923
Time in/Out:
01:37:35:00 / 01:39:09:00
Canister:
G 923
Film ID:
286.26
Issue Date:
26/10/1922

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