Crowds At Trafalgar Square And Stock Exchange 1914

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Londoners Wait to Hear Declaration of War, August 1914

Title - 'Memorable August Bank Holiday. All day patriotic thousands waited at Buckingham Palace and in Trafalgar and Parliament Squares for signs of the momentous happenings within the King's Palace and the Houses of Parliament'.

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
75242
Sort Number:
ON 224 C
Time in/Out:
01:56:36:00 / 01:57:59:00
Canister:
ON 224 C
Film ID:
2344.29
Issue Date:
1914

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