Degree Day Is Joy Day 1930

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Item title reads - Degree day is joy day. EARL BEAUCHAMP - Chancellor - presents degrees to over 2,000 students of London University. Albert Hall, London.

M/S as Earl Beauchamp walks along in mortarboard and gown, he is accompanied by an army officer. M/S as he inspects a line of soldiers,...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19066
Sort Number:
G 1712
Time in/Out:
01:29:06:00 / 01:30:13:00
Canister:
G 1712
Film ID:
830.20
Issue Date:
19/05/1930

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