Byron's Ancestral Home 1931

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Full title reads: "Byron's ancestral home. M. Venizelos, Prime Minster of Greece, hands over Newstead Abbey on behalf of Sir Julien Cahn, to the Nottingham Corporation."

Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire.

The Greek PM - Venizelos - speaks from the podium about his pleasure in handing...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
12515
Sort Number:
31/058
Time in/Out:
01:46:01:00 / 01:47:42:00
Canister:
31/58
Film ID:
859.25
Issue Date:
20/07/1931

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