Surinam Commemorates The Beginning Of The… 1961

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Dutch Guinea (Surinam), South America.

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MS statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Paramaribo garlanded in flowers. CU ditto. MS crowds (Hindustani) lining streets. Various CU panning shots of floats as they pass by in procession with cut ins of crowd.

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Cataloguer:
Agnew
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
85516
Sort Number:
UN 3507 D
Time in/Out:
01:45:22:00 / 01:46:45:00
Canister:
UN 3507 D
Film ID:
2980.36
Issue Date:
1961

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