Newsbriefs 1944

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Item title reads - Newsbriefs.

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Various shots as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother) get out of a car and meet Major General James Doolittle of the U.S. 8th Army Air Corps, and other officers. They walk along and meet ground personnel and aircraft...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44516
Sort Number:
44/015
Time in/Out:
01:01:06:00 / 01:04:29:00
Canister:
44/15
Film ID:
1352.02
Issue Date:
21/02/1944

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