Duke Unveils Memorial 1920

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London.

Intertitle: "DUKE OF CONNAUGHT unveils Memorial Statue of the late Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley".

L/S of the Duke pulls an enormous Union Jack from a large monument in a square, a crowd of distinguished looking people watch from a balcony. The flag falls revealing a statue...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
21609
Sort Number:
G 0680
Time in/Out:
01:34:38:00 / 01:35:18:00
Canister:
G 680
Film ID:
214.29
Issue Date:
28/06/1920

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British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
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