King & Queen In The Fen Country 1942

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Titles read: "KING & QUEEN IN THE FEN COUNTRY".

Cambridgeshire.

Various shots of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (Queen Mother) in a small barge travelling along a narrow river in the fen country of Cambridgeshire. Nice shot of land girls waving from the river bank. From the barge...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43937
Sort Number:
42/050
Time in/Out:
01:52:05:00 / 01:53:11:00
Canister:
42/50
Film ID:
1330.28
Issue Date:
22/06/1942

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