Queen Arrives In Lagos 1956

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Lagos, Nigeria.

GV. Main street in Lagos (title super over). LV. Street decorated with banners and flags. AS. Flags and crown. GV. Crowds of Nigerians awaiting Queen's arrival, & SV. SV. Nigerian Minister of Labour, Chief Okote Ebo, wearing straw hat with two-foot feathers walking towards...

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Cataloguer:
Bond
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
31406
Sort Number:
56/010
Time in/Out:
01:22:43:00 / 01:24:58:00
Canister:
56/10
Film ID:
567.08
Issue Date:
02/02/1956

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