Supreme War Council Meets In London 1940

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Full title reads: "Supreme War Council Meets In London".

Downing Street, London.

VS. of French General Maurice Gustave Gamelin, Commander of French Land Forces , Admiral D'Arlan (Supreme Commander of the French Navy), French Premier Paul Reynaud, Neville Chamberlain, Lord Halifax,...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
20686
Sort Number:
40/027
Time in/Out:
01:07:26:00 / 01:08:10:00
Canister:
40/27
Film ID:
1041.09
Issue Date:
01/04/1940

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