GREEK MINISTERS AND GERMAN OFFICERS LAY WREATHS AT TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER IN ATHENS ON 25 MARCH 1943 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: GREEK MINISTERS AND GERMAN OFFICERS LAY WREATHS AT TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER IN ATHENS ON 25 MARCH 1943 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 4511
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY ANGELOS PAPANASTASSIOU [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur clandestine film shot by Angelos Papanastassiou of members of the Greek Government of Prime Minister Ioannis Rallis, watched by German officers, laying wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Constitution Square, Athens on Independence Day (25 March 1943) during the Axis Occupation of Greece. Prominently observed among the press photographers present is a German Propaganda Kompanie cameraman with a tripod-mounted Arriflex.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY ANGELOS PAPANASTASSIOU [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 4511
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1943-03-25
  • Production Country: Greece
  • Production Details: Papanastassiou, Angelos (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 30 ft (ca); Running time: 1 min
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