Sub 3 Giant French Liner 1934

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Description

Full title reads: "Giant French Liner "NORMANDIE" nearing completion.

Sub: 3

France.

Men in dark suits, French Minister of Marine among them, arriving to a shipyard to inspect the Normandie - the largest liner in the world in construction. Gendarme is walking in front of them....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
9594
Sort Number:
34/032
Time in/Out:
01:14:40:00 / 01:15:50:00
Canister:
34/32
Film ID:
785.12
Issue Date:
19/04/1934

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