Nation Mourns Queen Alexandra 1925

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Title reads: "... "a thousand claims to reverence close in her as Mother Wife and Queen" (Tennyson - adapted). Nation mourns Queen Alexandra - indefatigable in good works - beloved by all".

A retrospective tribute to Queen Alexandra at time of her death in 1925.

Queen Alexandra entering...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
77136
Sort Number:
ON 399 C
Time in/Out:
01:12:37:00 / 01:15:29:00
Canister:
ON 399 C
Film ID:
2460.07
Issue Date:
1925

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