United Nations Day Trailer 1954

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UN flag on the wind. Cut to line of flags of the UN member countries. Follows a partial map of the world?!! Map consists of Africa, Europe, Saudi Arabia, bit of Asia and tiny bit of South America. There are little lights flashing - marking the UN members countries, presumably. Next sequence showing...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
30005
Sort Number:
54/079
Time in/Out:
01:28:38:00 / 01:29:19:00
Canister:
54/79
Film ID:
194.14
Issue Date:
11/10/1954

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