P.M. For Commons 1963

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Item title reads - P.M. for Commons.

Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home stands in by-election at Kinross, Scotland.

M/S crowds outside the Conservative committee room at Crieff. C/U poster "Vote for Douglas-Home". C/U the Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home signing autographs. L/S...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
54906
Sort Number:
63/090
Time in/Out:
01:38:48:00 / 01:40:17:00
Canister:
63/90
Film ID:
1778.20
Issue Date:
07/11/1963

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