Westernising The East 1923

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Item title reads - Westernising the East - Young Koreans eagerly taking up athletics. These are the first pictures taken in Korea - sometimes called Asia's Hermit Kingdom. Seoul.

L/S as children walk along in lines all waving their flags. M/S of them marching in unison. M/S as they do bending...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23804
Sort Number:
G 0943
Time in/Out:
01:42:00:00 / 01:42:42:00
Canister:
G 943
Film ID:
294.33
Issue Date:
04/01/1923

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