Assassination Of Alexander - Marseilles 1934 (1930-1939)

Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown. 1934? Marseilles, France. The assassination of Alexander I occurred on 9th October 1934. Alexander I of Yugoslavia travels through streets of Marseilles. Shots are fired and the crowd scattered. Various close shots of the face of Alexander after the assassination - you can see the life ebb away as his head is cradled by helpers. Civilians and police move around a man in the crowd. Police bustle away a man - presumably the assassin Petrus Keleman - into a car. N.B. French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou also died in this incident. FILM ID:514.2 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-193
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