Freedom For County 1946

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Title reads: "Freedom for County".

Cambridge.

Cambridgeshire Regiment given Freedom of the Borough.

Elevated shot of men of the Cambridgeshire Regiment (The Cambridgeshires) lined up in the town square, flanked by crowds. M/S of the regimental colours being paraded before...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45923
Sort Number:
46/079
Time in/Out:
01:52:42:00 / 01:53:30:00
Canister:
46/79
Film ID:
1410.25
Issue Date:
03/10/1946

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