Martyrs Of France 1941

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Item title reads - Martyrs of France.

London.

M/S of London church, Free French men and women file in for Requiem mass held for victims of nazi killings in Nantes. General Charles de Gaulle gets out of the car. Anthony Eden walks up the steps. C/U of a soldier. M/S as General de Gaulle...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39542
Sort Number:
41/089
Time in/Out:
01:00:08:00 / 01:00:45:00
Canister:
41/89
Film ID:
1137.01
Issue Date:
06/11/1941

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