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WWII - 1944, Mexico: Meeting of Junta Espanola de Liberaction w/ Paul Rivet Speaking (MOS), Aug-Sep44

Reel Number: 221197-01

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1944,1940s

Country: France,Mexico,Spain

Location: DF,Mexico City

TC Begins: 15:00:00

TC Ends: 15:09:41

Duration: 00:09:41

WWII - 1944, Mexico: Meeting of Junta Espanola de Liberaction w/ Paul Rivet Speaking (MOS), Aug-Sep44 Mexico City. Trolley bus past headquarters of Junta Espanola de Liberacion; pedestrians walking past, other traffic past. Flags of Mexico & Spanish Republic flying from poles in front outside second floor windows. 15:01:01 MCU. Six Junta leaders at large table. Meeting of refugees from Franco Spain headed by Don Diego Martinez Barrio, former interim president of Spanish Republic & Don Indalecio Prieto, former Minister of National Defense in Republican Spain. Spanish Republican flag on wall in back. Talking (MOS) over reports of war situation & their own writing proofs. CUs. Also present Don Antonio Maria Sbert; Don Carlos Espla; Don Alvero De Albornos; Don Feliz Gordon Ordas. 15:06:06 Paul Rivet, French Socialist speaking to large meeting of Spanish & French Socialists at HQ of Junta Espanola de Liberaction. Shots of hall from behind speakers. Crowd shots, listening, applauding, etc. Rivet & Prieto talking surrounded by admirers, embrace. CU Cross of Lorraine flag & Spanish Republican flag. 15:08:56 Flag decorating desk at Rivet-Prieto meeting: UGT Comite Nacional Group signing parchment in testimonial to Gen de Gaulle. CU of parchment w/ many signatures to be taken to de Gaulle by Rivet. Post-Spanish Civil War; WW2 Exiles; NOTE: Paul Rivet (07May76 - 21Mar58) was French ethnologist who founded Musee de l’Homme in 1937.

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