Riots In Meerut 1961

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Full title reads: "India. Riots In Meerut".

India.

GV market place in Meerut. SV man looking at Bananas on stall. CU man having a haircut in the street. LV shops being boarded up. SV man locking shop door. GV the Kamboo gate on the main street of Meerut. LV Police on horseback coming...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
53973
Sort Number:
61/085
Time in/Out:
01:47:20:00 / 01:48:16:00
Canister:
61/85
Film ID:
1738.35
Issue Date:
23/10/1961

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