Mr Menzies In Manchester 1941

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Title reads: "Mr Menzies in Manchester".

Manchester.

M/S of Mr. Robert Menzies, the Australian Prime Minister, walking past crowd of cheering servicemen. C/U of Menzies using his own cine camera (aka cine camera). Various shots of the ruined pavilion at Old Trafford cricket ground....

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38640
Sort Number:
41/025
Time in/Out:
01:00:26:00 / 01:01:10:00
Canister:
41/25
Film ID:
1111.01
Issue Date:
27/03/1941

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