Towards World Peace! 1931

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Full title reads: "Germany. Towards World Peace! New Page in history opened as German voices cry in French, 'Long Live Peace'! - on arrival of M. Briand & M. Laval in Berlin, first official French visit since 1878!!"

Berlin, Germany.

Aristide Briand, French Foreign Minister and Pierre...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
6228
Sort Number:
31/079
Time in/Out:
01:42:19:00 / 01:44:45:00
Canister:
31/79
Film ID:
709.28
Issue Date:
01/10/1931

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