King And Queen Visit Farmers And Gunners 1944

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Item title reads - King and Queen visit farmers and gunners.

Various good informal shots of King George VI (who is smoking a cigarette) and Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother) visiting one of the farm camps and chatting with volunteers at work in the fields, they watch tractor pulling small...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44730
Sort Number:
44/058
Time in/Out:
01:42:40:00 / 01:45:22:00
Canister:
44/58
Film ID:
1362.13
Issue Date:
20/07/1944

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