Washington 1936

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Full title reads: "Washington".

Washington DC, United States of America (USA).

VS American President Franklin D Roosevelt presents National Geographic Society's Hubbard medal to Antarctic Explorer Lincoln Ellsworth in the White House.

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
84983
Sort Number:
36/035 / UNI GAZ 020
Time in/Out:
01:21:49:00 / 01:22:28:00
Canister:
36/35 / UNI GAZ ROLL 20
Film ID:
2957.21
Issue Date:
30/04/1936

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