Pershing Retires 1917

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Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown.

Shots of American General Joseph Pershing working at his desk.

Flash frame intertitle reads: "Washington, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Pershing! - America's greatest soldiers and the only ones to be named General."...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
58241
Sort Number:
UN 0065 H
Time in/Out:
01:50:52:00 / 01:54:24:00
Canister:
UN 65 H
Film ID:
530.26
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