Mr. Ramsay Macdonald 1924

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Wembley, London.

Title: "MR. RAMSAY MACDONALD visits the B.E.E. and in striking speech said:- 'within these gates we have built a doll's house representation of our great Commonwealth'."

C/U of MacDonald smoking a cigar and looking over a balcony at the British Empire Exhibition site,...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24392
Sort Number:
G 1084
Time in/Out:
01:25:56:00 / 01:27:29:00
Canister:
G 1084
Film ID:
340.18
Issue Date:
15/05/1924

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