Premier And Home Guard 1942

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Titles read: "PREMIER AND HOME GUARD".

London.

At Horseguards Parade we see various shots of Prime Minister Winston Churchill making a speech before the County of London Civil Service Battalion of the Home Guard.

Churchill says "The philosophers have argued that the pen is...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44164
Sort Number:
42/075
Time in/Out:
01:00:18:00 / 01:02:35:00
Canister:
42/75
Film ID:
1338.01
Issue Date:
17/09/1942

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