Edinburgh Honours Royal Couple 1949

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Full title reads: "Edinburgh Honours Royal Couple".

Edinburgh, Scotland.

LV elevated GV of platform, Dean of the Faculty of Law reading address at McEwan Hall. SV Lord Provost Sir Andrew Murray, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and the Chancellor of the University listening...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45787
Sort Number:
49/019
Time in/Out:
01:21:31:00 / 01:24:27:00
Canister:
49/19
Film ID:
1407.16
Issue Date:
07/03/1949

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