Independence Day In India And Pakistan AKA… 1947

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Karachi, New Delhi, India

L.S. crowds gathered outside the constituent assembly in New Delhi. C.U. Pandit Nehru, premier of India, full face and profile and sitting in chair in garden reading newspaper. C.U. the memorial arch, New Delhi, C.U. Road name signs in New Delhi, Kings way, Clive Road,...

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Cataloguer:
Jane
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
76276
Sort Number:
UN 1797 A
Time in/Out:
01:05:29:00 / 01:12:14:00
Canister:
UN 1798 A
Film ID:
2393.04
Issue Date:
1947

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