Duchess Opens Home For Limbless 1954

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Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire.

SCU. Duchess of Gloucester on platform with dignitaries. SV. Crowd applauding. SV. Duchess opening door of new home on behalf of the British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Association. SV. Interior, Duchess entering. SV. Duchess pulls Union Jack to reveal plaque....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
30247
Sort Number:
54/086
Time in/Out:
01:42:45:00 / 01:43:39:00
Canister:
54/86
Film ID:
254.28
Issue Date:
04/11/1954

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