Mr Macdonald's Last Homecoming 1937

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Title reads: "Mr MacDonald's last homecoming".

Funeral of politician and former Labour Prime Minister, James Ramsay MacDonald (also spelt Ramsey MacDonald).

Various shots of Royal Navy Cruiser HMS Apollo coming into dock (at Liverpool?). Her ensign flies at half-mast. We see coffin...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
16091
Sort Number:
37/095
Time in/Out:
01:48:50:00 / 01:50:49:00
Canister:
37/95
Film ID:
943.54
Issue Date:
29/11/1937

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