Mountbatten Returns To Burma 1948

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Thought to be Selected Originals from late 1940s material.

Burma.

General view of the Lord Louis Mountbatten with family walking through Schwedagon Pagodas in Rangoon. Small boy squatting on ground. Mountbattens walking, they past pagodas, pan up to pagoda.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
60043
Sort Number:
UNSO 022 L
Time in/Out:
01:34:42:00 / 01:36:30:00
Canister:
UNSO Reel 022 L
Film ID:
1532.27
Issue Date:

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