Mr Churchill Receives Five French Boys AKA… 1941

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Item title reads - Mr Churchill greets five French boys.

London.

L/S of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the boys in the garden of 10 Downing Street. Various shots as he and his wife Clementine shake hands with the boys who have escaped from France in a canoe and come to serve...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39307
Sort Number:
41/077
Time in/Out:
01:55:14:00 / 01:55:50:00
Canister:
41/77
Film ID:
1129.35
Issue Date:
25/09/1941

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