Steeplechase - Paris 1923

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Steeplechase - Paris. France.

Titles read: "Steeplechase de Paris."

L/S of several newsreel cameramen climbing out of car with their cameras. High angled shots of crowds at bookmakers. High angle shots of the French Prime Minister Alexandre Millerand and dignitaries walking through...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
76269
Sort Number:
ON 300 A
Time in/Out:
01:37:41:00 / 01:48:40:00
Canister:
ON 300 A
Film ID:
2392.14
Issue Date:
1923

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