Tokyo, Japan AKA Empress Of Japan Visits… 1923

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Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown.

Title reads: "Tokyo, Japan. Royalty brings solace to earthquake victims - the Empress of Japan visits injured at the (T/C Obscures) Hospital."

Empress of Japan seen walking among tents, a makeshift hospital for victims...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
57987
Sort Number:
UN 0070 D
Time in/Out:
01:52:25:00 / 01:54:08:00
Canister:
UN 70 D
Film ID:
478.22
Issue Date:

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