Sixth World Youth Festival In Moscow AKA… 1957

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Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.

Moscow, Russia, USSR / Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

The opening ceremony of the Sixth World Youth Festival held in the Lenin Central Stadium on 28th July 1957. Various shots of a display, a parade with...

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Cataloguer:
Heather
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
84055
Sort Number:
UN 2996 C
Time in/Out:
01:13:27:00 / 01:16:56:00
Canister:
UN 2996 C
Film ID:
2912.09
Issue Date:
1957

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