Fontwell Park AKA Women Top Personality… 1949

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Full title reads: "Fontwell Park".

Fontwell Park, Arundel, Sussex. Princess Elizabeth sees her horse Monaveen win Chichester Chase Handicap.

MV Towards Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) walking with officials in paddock.

LV Crowd.

LV Princess in paddock...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
46474
Sort Number:
49/082
Time in/Out:
01:47:58:00 / 01:48:55:00
Canister:
49/82
Film ID:
1425.31
Issue Date:
13/10/1949

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