Pursuit in Paris
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Pursuit in Paris

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Associated Press

Maker
American

Pursuit in Paris

April 5, 1950
Gelatin silver print
Image: 16.8 x 21.3 cm (6 5/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
Overall: 18.1 x 22.8 cm (7 1/8 x 9 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0357.0017
Inscriptions recto (typed on attached paper): 9521 D / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / PURSUIT IN PARIS / A MAN LEAPS OVER A FALLEN POLICEMAN AS HE / RUNS AWAY FROM A CLUB-SWING GENDARME ON THE / CHAMPS ELYSEES IN PARIS DURING AN HOUR-LONG / BATTLE BETWEEN POLICE AND COMMUNIST DEMONSTRATORS, / APRIL 5. THE DEMONSTRATION WAS BROKEN UP AFTER BEING CALLED TO PROTEST PUBLICATION IN THE CONSERVATIVE NEWSPAPER FIGARO OF THE DIARY / OF A FORMER OFFICER IN HITLER'S ELITE GUARD WHO / ABDUCTED MUSSOLINE DURING THE WAR. SIXTY-FIVE / PERSONS WERE ARRESTED. / PR 4/5/50 628PES PW1-PARIS (60) / ABC LIST NYW'S BING MON PR2 TMC WW MEX

verso (stamped): NOTICE [underlined] / This picture is the property of the Associated / Press and may be used only for the purposes of / reproduction when authorized by the owner. It may / not be syndicated, rented or loaned, or used for / advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade. / The following credit must be printed under each reproduction of this picture: / ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPHOTO
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