Momentous Meeting Of Dail Eireann 1921

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Item title reads - Momentous Meeting of Dail Eireann. Members of the Dail meet at University College for the ratification of Peace Treaty. Dublin, Ireland.

L/S of the College. M/S as the members emerge. M/S of the Irish flag with a man up the flagpole, the camera pans down to the crowd at...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22671
Sort Number:
G 0834
Time in/Out:
01:23:02:00 / 01:23:55:00
Canister:
G 834
Film ID:
250.23
Issue Date:
19/12/1921

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