Children's Day At Aldershot Tattoo 1939

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Full titles read: "CHILDREN'S DAY AT ALDERSHOT TATTOO"

Several shots of thousands of children enjoying a military tattoo in Aldershot, Hampshire. L/S's of soldiers firing artillery pieces.

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
14324
Sort Number:
39/046
Time in/Out:
01:27:45:00 / 01:28:54:00
Canister:
39/46
Film ID:
1009.25
Issue Date:
08/06/1939

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