Lunch Hour Concert For Rome Workers AKA… 1938

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Rome, Italy.

Various shots of factory (?) workers being entertained in the courtyard of a building by their company orchestra and choir. The choir sings a song, then the orchestra plays the William Tell Overture. Workers sitting on the flat roofs of the building applaud. On the side of the...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
16410
Sort Number:
38/022
Time in/Out:
01:31:49:00 / 01:34:07:00
Canister:
38/22
Film ID:
957.38
Issue Date:
20/03/1938

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