A Royal Proclamation 1938

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Item title reads - A Royal Proclamation.

London.

M/S's as official in wig stands on steps and reads the proclamation. Various shots of a crowd of people watching. He bows and they take their hats off. M/S as he walks down through the crowd.

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
17399
Sort Number:
38/056
Time in/Out:
01:16:42:00 / 01:17:10:00
Canister:
38/56
Film ID:
973.17
Issue Date:
14/07/1938

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