Children's Day At Aldershot Tattoo 1938

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Titles read: "Children's Day AT ALDERSHOT TATTOO - Daylight Rehearsal".

Aldershot, Hampshire.

Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret arrive at Aldershot to watch the rehearsal of the Military Tattoo with 60,000 other children. Various shots of the Princesses...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17220
Sort Number:
38/046
Time in/Out:
01:09:17:00 / 01:10:31:00
Canister:
38/46
Film ID:
969.10
Issue Date:
09/06/1938

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