Interview With Mademoiselle 'x' 1941

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Item title reads - Mademoiselle 'X'.

A French girl is interviewed in London after having escaped from occupied France and sailed 250 miles in an open boat.

The 18 year old French girl walks down a London street and shakes hands with a man before entering the Free French headquarters....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39362
Sort Number:
41/086
Time in/Out:
01:25:00:00 / 01:25:38:00
Canister:
41/86
Film ID:
1131.22
Issue Date:
27/10/1941

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