Dr Macnamara 1920

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Manor Park, London.

Intertitle: "DR MACNAMARA unveils Memorial Cross to Jack Cornwall, V.C., the Boy Hero of the Battle of Jutland".

M/S of Dr. M. standing next to a memorial draped in a Union Jack flag, a crowd of people in mourning dress listens as he addresses them, including a...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22055
Sort Number:
G 0732
Time in/Out:
01:55:46:00 / 01:57:24:00
Canister:
G 732
Film ID:
224.48
Issue Date:
30/12/1920

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0:010:020:030:04

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  • The unveiling seen here took place on 31 December 1920.

    Shouldn't the title reflect the name of the young man whose memorial this is, rather than the name of the M.P. unveiling it?

    jamied 27th Sep 2012
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