Oxford In Portugal 1941

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Title reads: "Oxford in Portugal".

Lisbon, Portugal.

Various shots of the exterior of Coimbra University. Various shots of the ceremony within the university when Mr. J. R. Weaver, President of Trinity College, Oxford, conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law on the Portuguese...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38852
Sort Number:
41/042
Time in/Out:
01:32:26:00 / 01:33:13:00
Canister:
41/42
Film ID:
1115.27
Issue Date:
26/05/1941

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  • Doutoramento Honoris Causa em Leis, de António de Oliveira Salazar, pela Universidade de Oxford. A cerimónia solene teve lugar na Sala do Senado da UC, no dia 19 de Abril de 1941. Oxford esteve representada por Thomas Higham, William Entwissete e Jonh Weaver. Coube a Higham o elogio latino de Salazar.

    goncaloramosf 9th Mar 2013

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