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1939 FRANCE / DEFENCE: Viscount Gort to inspect Maginot Line
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0:15Now PlayingDate: 30th March 1939
Location: PARIS, FRANCE
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
FRANCE: Paris:
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General view of John Vereker Gort's plane arriving / Gort out of plane and shakes hands with Maurice Gamelin (French General) / General views Gort & Gamelin
France; Nobility; Personalities - Armed Forces; John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker Gort, 6th Viscount Gort (1886-1946)
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