Armistice Day At The Cenotaph 1938

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Item title reads - Armistice Day 1938.

L/S of rows of crosses on the war graves of soldiers, the camera pans across them. C/U of one cross with the inscription 'British Soldier.' L/S of the Cenotaph, clergymen approach it. M/S of King George VI and Prince George, Duke of Kent, walking out,...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
18349
Sort Number:
38/091
Time in/Out:
01:30:05:00 / 01:35:04:00
Canister:
38/91
Film ID:
985.35
Issue Date:
14/11/1938

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