Princess Elizabeth At Coventry AKA Princess… 1948

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Coventry

MS Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and the Mayor of Coventry looking at Humber cars in the industrial exhibition. MS Elizabeth and the Mayor walking round the exhibition. (4 shots). LS Inside the gutted Coventry Cathedral, pan from spire. MS and CU Elizabeth being received...

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Cataloguer:
Heather
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
76920
Sort Number:
UN 1942 C
Time in/Out:
01:38:31:00 / 01:46:32:00
Canister:
UN 1942 C
Film ID:
2439.18
Issue Date:
1948

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