Miss Ishbel Macdonald Engaged 1938

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Titles read: "Miss Ishbel MacDonald Engaged".

Location of events unknown.

M/S and C/U of Ishbel MacDonald (daughter of Ramsay MacDonald) posing for the camera with her fiance Norman Ridgley in a garden. Commentator says "He taught her to play darts and dominoes, now he's going to be...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
16305
Sort Number:
38/014
Time in/Out:
01:06:29:00 / 01:06:48:00
Canister:
38/14
Film ID:
955.10
Issue Date:
17/02/1938

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0:010:020:030:04

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  • Final paragraph, "Norman Ridgley (sp? Ridgely?)" - the correct spelling is Norman Ridgley........
    http://news.google.com/newspapers?

    http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19380214&id=2OQdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DkwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4039,3552524

    jamied 5th May 2012
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    British Pathé 31st May 2012
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