World Trade Unions Meet In London 1949

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Full title reads: "World Trade Unions Meet In London".

County Hall, London.

LV GV interior County Hall. Monsieur Finet in chair. MV GV delegates. MV Top table with Finet, Bullock (Chairman of the TUC General Council) and J W Bowen (Chair of LCC - London County Council).

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
46626
Sort Number:
49/096
Time in/Out:
01:16:27:00 / 01:18:25:00
Canister:
49/96
Film ID:
1429.11
Issue Date:
29/11/1949

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