Verdun Memorial Ceremony 1956

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Verdun memorial ceremony. France.

CU barbed wire on post. LS pan over the cornfields of Verdun. LS pan from wartime concrete emplacement to cornfield. Various shots military cemetery at Verdun. Various shots of President Rene Coty inspecting troops.

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
68658
Sort Number:
UN 2856 C
Time in/Out:
01:44:58:00 / 01:46:44:00
Canister:
UN 2856 C
Film ID:
2552.15
Issue Date:

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