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"Why Not St. Paul's?" 1930
Description
Full title reads: "Paris. 'Why not St. Paul's?' Flood lights of millions of candle power now nightly illuminate majestic pile of Cathedral of Notre Dame."
Paris, France.
Nice shots of the exterior of Notre Dame Cathedral at night illuminated by floodlights.
Sound Track Missing.
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 6351
- Sort Number:
- 30/011
- Time in/Out:
- 01:10:12:00 / 01:10:34:00
- Canister:
- 30/11
- Film ID:
- 717.05
- Issue Date:
- 07/07/1930
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