Changing Of The Guard 1956

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Whitehall, London.

The Changing of the Guard at Whitehall has remained unchanged for 250 years. M/S clock striking 11 a.m. at Whitehall and pan down to courtyard where ceremony takes place. The new guards on black horses enter through the arch. One soldier on a grey horse is blowing a bugle....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Carol
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2037
Sort Number:
CP 079
Time in/Out:
01:36:22:00 / 01:38:45:00
Canister:
CP 079
Film ID:
43.18
Issue Date:
02/07/1956

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