Drums For A Queen - Record C - Reel 2 1961

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Continued from previous reel. Queen Elizabeth II on visit to Ghana and West Africa.

01:47:52 Freetown, Sierra Leone. Boats are rowed out to sea. Many are decorated with Union Jack flags. They forming a regatta for Royal yacht Britannia. Guns fire royal salute. Shots of men brushing red carpet...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
70433
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:47:52:00 / 01:58:51:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
1221.04
Issue Date:
1961

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