Lenin Memorial Service By British Communists 1924

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Poplar, East London.

British Communists hold memorial service for dead Bolshevik leader - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

M/S of a civic building with a large banner draped over the front reading 'Communist Party of Great Britain', a crowd gathers by the entrance. M/S of the banner, looking...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24214
Sort Number:
G 1054
Time in/Out:
01:22:00:00 / 01:24:00:00
Canister:
G 1055
Film ID:
330.13
Issue Date:
04/02/1924

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