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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221180-05
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1946
Country: France
Location: Melun,Paris
TC Begins: 13:31:11
TC Ends: 13:39:18
Duration: 00:08:07
Post-WWII - Art to Louvre; Municipal Undertakers; Melun, France Prison 13:31:11 Jul46 Truck w/ crates of paintings arriving at Louvre Museum, Paris. Armed police watch as canvas removed from trucks & large crates moved by teams of men onto loading dock. 13:34:22 Jul46 Ext of building housing municipal undertakers in rue D’Aubervilliers where all coffins are made. Large van or small bus pulls in and out. Hearses pulling out & in under stone cut sign & French flag. Workers assembling wooden coffins: planing, hammering & coffins move along conveyor of rollers. finished coffins of several sizes moved on carts and stacked. 13:37:10 Mar46 Scenic exteriors of Melun Prison reflected across river in foreground. Guards crossing bridge. Prisoners w/ caps marching on daily exercise walk around grounds. Prisoners working in carpentry shop w/ belt-driven lathes. Large room of prisoners at sewing machines as guards walk back & forth. Post-WW2; Death; Industry; Manufacturing; Penitentiary; Jail;