"As It Was In Nelson's Day!" 1930

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Full title reads: "Portsmouth. 'As it was in Nelson's Day!' Royal Marines of 1805, Trafalgar Year, change the guard with the Marines of today. Striking feature of Navy Week."

Portsmouth, Hampshire.

A group of Royal Marines dressed in the uniforms they would have worn in 1805 perform...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
6408
Sort Number:
30/019
Time in/Out:
01:02:22:00 / 01:05:55:00
Canister:
30/19
Film ID:
721.02
Issue Date:
04/08/1930

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