Remembering Their Comrades In The Celestial… 1933

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Full title reads: "China. Remembering their comrades in the Celestial Shades. Survivors of battle-tested Division mourn and honour fallen comrades with rites, strange to our eyes, but as in China, since the dawn of time."

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Chinese soldiers march past camera. They march through...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
5374
Sort Number:
33/005
Time in/Out:
01:50:08:00 / 01:51:40:00
Canister:
33/5
Film ID:
693.37
Issue Date:
16/01/1933

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