Venice Scenes

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Unused / unissued material - dates unclear or unknown.

Venice, Italy.

People strolling and feeding pigeons in St. Mark's Square. (A branch of Thomas Cooks Travel Agents an be seen in the background.) A child stares at the camera.

Intertitle reads: "Old St. Marks - and the...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
60413
Sort Number:
UN 0001 A (K)
Time in/Out:
01:34:19:00 / 01:35:47:00
Canister:
UN 1 A (K)
Film ID:
1674.10
Issue Date:
1898

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