The Lidice Tragedy 1942

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Titles read: "THE LIDICE TRAGEDY".

Illinois, United States of America.

Various shots of a ceremony at Stern Park Gardens where they are changing the name of the place to Lidice, commemorating the Czech village that the Nazis destroyed in revenge for the killing of Gestapo tyrant Heydrich....

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44001
Sort Number:
42/060
Time in/Out:
01:48:36:00 / 01:49:38:00
Canister:
42/60
Film ID:
1332.29
Issue Date:
27/07/1942

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