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[edit]| Description1938 Thanksgiving Proclamation.webm |
English: Connecticut Governor Wilbur L. Cross reading his 1938 Thanksgiving Proclamation to his cabinet. This was the first sound film ever made featuring a Governor of Connecticut. |
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| Source | YouTube: 1938 Thanksgiving Proclamation – View/save archived versions on archive.org and archive.today |
| Author | Connecticut State Library |
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[edit]| This file was selected as the media of the day for 27 November 2025. It was captioned as follows:
English: Connecticut Governor Wilbur Lucius Cross reading his 1938 Thanksgiving Proclamation to his cabinet. This was the first sound film ever made featuring a Governor of Connecticut.
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English: Connecticut Governor Wilbur Lucius Cross reading his 1938 Thanksgiving Proclamation to his cabinet. This was the first sound film ever made featuring a Governor of Connecticut.
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| current | 04:21, 24 October 2024 | 3 min 9 s, 654 × 480 (15.25 MB) | Koavf (talk | contribs) | Imported media from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82SL6NJnv5A |
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