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Post-WWII - Art to Louvre; Municipal Undertakers; Melun, France Prison (Jul46; Mar46)

Reel 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;

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