Paris 1937

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Title reads: "Paris".

Paris, France.

Various shots of the work on the building site that will house the Paris Exhibition of 1937. Journalists tour the site on press day and watch the work in progress. Stones are lifted into place, sculptors chip away at their work, lots of scaffolding...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
84992
Sort Number:
37/034 / UNI GAZ 020
Time in/Out:
01:35:18:00 / 01:35:46:00
Canister:
37/34 / UNI GAZ ROLL 20
Film ID:
2957.30
Issue Date:
29/04/1937

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