Religious Ceremony Marred By Duce's Bombers… 1941

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Title reads: "Religious ceremony marred by Duce's bombers".

Korysta, Albania.

Italian aeroplanes bomb Albanian cathedral during annual "Blessing the Waters" ceremony.

Various panning shots around the interior of a bombed cathedral. Various shots of bombed homes, a man is...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38440
Sort Number:
41/017
Time in/Out:
01:34:39:00 / 01:35:19:00
Canister:
41/17
Film ID:
1101.25
Issue Date:
27/02/1941

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