Madame Chiang Kai Shek Honours Tokyo Raiders 1943

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Full title reads: "MADAME CHIANG KAI SHEK HONOURS TOKYO RAIDERS".

Chungking, China.

Several shots of Mrs Chiang Kai Shek, wife of the Chinese war leader, in her residence in Chungking, as she presents the Military Order of China to American pilots who took part in the raids of Tokyo....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37834
Sort Number:
43/005
Time in/Out:
01:46:14:00 / 01:46:54:00
Canister:
43/5
Film ID:
1071.27
Issue Date:
18/01/1943

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