New Us Ambassador Presents His Credentials… 1938

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Titles read: "NEW US AMBASSADOR PRESENTS HIS CREDENTIALS TO THE KING".

London.

Brief shots of the new American Ambassador, Joseph P Kennedy, leaving his hotel and posing for the camera before getting into a coach and being driven...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
17382
Sort Number:
38/020
Time in/Out:
01:57:15:00 / 01:57:33:00
Canister:
38/20
Film ID:
967.53
Issue Date:
13/06/1938

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