Lord Lothian Speech 1940

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Unused / unissued material - location and dates unclear or unknown.

Lord Lothian's speech on his return to Britain to see for himself the morale and conditions during the Blitz so that he could more fully represent the British in the USA.

Lothian was British Ambassador to Washington.

Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
60398
Sort Number:
UN 0260 A
Time in/Out:
01:32:47:00 / 01:38:06:00
Canister:
UN 260 A
Film ID:
1669.05
Issue Date:

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