National Day Of Prayer 1940

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Full title reads: "National Day of Prayer".

London.

GV of Westminster Abbey.

GV Long queue outside the abbey.

MSs. of Winston and Clementine Churchill, Neville and Mrs Chamberlain, Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother)...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20818
Sort Number:
40/044
Time in/Out:
01:36:10:00 / 01:36:47:00
Canister:
40/44
Film ID:
1045.28
Issue Date:
30/05/1940

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