Derby At Newmarket 1940

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Newmarket, Suffolk.

Various shots of the fashionable crowd mingling around Newmarket before the Derby. King George VI, Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) and Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) are seen in crowd. Closer shot of the royal family walking. Several shots of the...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
63782
Sort Number:
UN 1215 D
Time in/Out:
01:46:18:00 / 01:49:23:00
Canister:
UN 1215 D
Film ID:
2147.17
Issue Date:

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