Spanish Refugees In France 1938

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Border of Spain / France.

Several shots of the mountainous countryside around the frontier of France and Spain. Lines of refugees from the Spanish Civil War make their way into a French town having come over the mountains; women and children followed by men. Crowds of people sit on the grass...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
16441
Sort Number:
38/028
Time in/Out:
01:22:43:00 / 01:23:54:00
Canister:
38/28
Film ID:
959.16
Issue Date:
07/04/1938

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