Leicester 1946

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Item title reads - Leicester.

Leicestershire.

Various shots of huge crowds thronging the streets of Leicester as royal car drives through. C/U as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother) pass in the car and wave. Various C/U's of the King and Queen visiting a factory...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
46053
Sort Number:
46/088
Time in/Out:
01:03:33:00 / 01:04:29:00
Canister:
46/88
Film ID:
1414.05
Issue Date:
04/11/1946

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