Iron Curtain Countries Answer N.A.T.O. 1955

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Warsaw, Poland.

A new alliance (Soviet Block, Eastern European Block, Warsaw Pact) is formed as an answer to NATO - and proudly presented to the people.
GV. Pan over crowds massed in square in Warsaw clapping their leaders, Russian Prime Minister Nikolai Bulganin, Russian military leaders,...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
30822
Sort Number:
55/045
Time in/Out:
01:15:39:00 / 01:17:50:00
Canister:
55/45
Film ID:
529.09
Issue Date:
06/06/1955

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