Children's Day At Aldershot 1937

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Full title reads: "CHILDREN'S DAY - at Daylight Rehearsal of Aldershot Tattoo."

Aldershot, Hampshire.

Top shots of the cheering children - 70,000 of them. Queen Elizabeth (former Duchess of York, later Queen Mother), Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
13525
Sort Number:
37/046
Time in/Out:
01:04:31:00 / 01:06:06:00
Canister:
37/46
Film ID:
923.02
Issue Date:
10/06/1937

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