New Guinea Goes To The Polls 1964

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New Guinea.

Title reads 'New Guinea Goes to the Polls'.

Various shots of the election campaign slogans around New Guinea. Various shots of the people going into polling booths, casting their votes and the votes being sorted out during the House of Assembly at New Guinea. Most of the...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
88784
Sort Number:
UN 3869 C
Time in/Out:
01:04:14:00 / 01:05:17:00
Canister:
UN 3869 C
Film ID:
3159.03
Issue Date:
1964

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