Mr Churchill's Tour 1942

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Titles read: "MR CHURCHILL'S TOUR".

Leeds and north east England.

Various shots of Prime Minister Winston Churchill wearing RAF uniform and inspecting airmen at an RAF bomber station in the north east. Then in civvies he makes his inspection of a tank unit from the top of a Covenantor...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43845
Sort Number:
42/041
Time in/Out:
01:02:05:00 / 01:03:32:00
Canister:
42/41
Film ID:
1328.03
Issue Date:
21/05/1942

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