Portugal - Queen's Visit 1957

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Portugal.

Town Hall, Lisbon.

GV. Town Hall in Lisbon (this scene has sub-super). SV. Guard of Honour at the Present Arms. SV. Camera pans with the Queen Elizabeth II as she steps from the car outside the Town Hall. She shakes hands with the Mayor before going into lunch, then the Duke...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
32594
Sort Number:
57/017
Time in/Out:
01:55:41:00 / 01:58:07:00
Canister:
57/17
Film ID:
633.40
Issue Date:
25/02/1957

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