Lord Halifax Leaves For The USA 1941

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Title reads: "Lord Halifax leaves for USA".

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Churchill escorts Lord Halifax to war ship that will take him across the Atlantic. Halifax will be British Ambassador in America.

Various shots of Lord Halifax and a party of well-wishers on board a small...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37757
Sort Number:
41/008
Time in/Out:
01:51:25:00 / 01:52:00:00
Canister:
41/8
Film ID:
1067.39
Issue Date:
27/01/1941

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