"Footing The Bill" 1931

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Full title reads: "Aldershot to Windsor. 'Footing the Bill' - 2nd Batt. Scots Guards voluntarily march to new quarters to save the country expenses of rail transport - 'well done, the Guards!'."

Aldershot, Hampshire to Windsor, Near London.

Shots of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
12736
Sort Number:
31/081
Time in/Out:
01:22:21:00 / 01:24:29:00
Canister:
31/81
Film ID:
869.17
Issue Date:
08/10/1931

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