It Happened In Paris 1944

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Item title reads - It happened in Paris.

France.

Various shots of Pathe cameraman Gaston Madru in 1942, he conceals his camera in a bicycle basket and rides through the streets of nazi occupied Paris. He films nazi flags flying from buildings and offices of the Todt organisation which...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39174
Sort Number:
44/075
Time in/Out:
01:07:19:00 / 01:14:43:00
Canister:
44/75 (44/74)
Film ID:
1125.05
Issue Date:
18/09/1944

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