Napoleon Centenary 1921

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Item title reads - Napoleon Centenary. France's day of national homage to the "little Corporal" who Marshal Foch in his oration described as "the greatest military genius of modern times". Paris.

M/S of floral displays and ladies dressed in long dresses and big black hats behind them. Marshal...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22249
Sort Number:
G 0770
Time in/Out:
01:02:56:00 / 01:05:11:00
Canister:
G 770
Film ID:
234.04
Issue Date:
09/05/1921

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