Korean Independence Ceremony AKA New Canadian… 1948

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Seoul, South Korea

KOREAN INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY.

Title Reads: 'Korean Republic is Born'. L.S. Aircraft landing at Kimpo airfield, with 4 U.S. Army guards in foreground. M.S. General Douglas MacArthur, Allied Supreme Commander in the Pacific Area and wife stepping down from airplane....

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Cataloguer:
Virginia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
67290
Sort Number:
UN 1985 K
Time in/Out:
01:13:19:00 / 01:14:05:00
Canister:
UN 1985 K
Film ID:
2465.08
Issue Date:
1948

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