Truman Awards Scientists + Count Folke Bernadotte… 1948

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Washington DC, United States of America (USA).

MS President Harry Truman of the USA (United States of America) with two scientists, Dr. Vannevar Bush and James B.Conant. Superimposed title under this scene reads: "TRUMAN , CONANT & BUSH". CU. Truman pinning the Legion of Merit onto Bush and...

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Cataloguer:
Heather
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
76922
Sort Number:
UN 1943 C / UN 1943 D
Time in/Out:
01:47:53:00 / 01:49:00:00
Canister:
UN 1943 C / UN 1943 D
Film ID:
2439.20
Issue Date:
1948

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