Queen Goes Eastward - Technicolor 1966

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This item is shot in Technicolor.

Several shots of the giant steelworks complex in India. People running. Red fumes surging from a long chimney. Large crowd cheering Queen Elizabeth II as she drives in car to visit the factory. She is accompanied by the Minister for Steel and Mines. Queen and...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
55117
Sort Number:
66/016
Time in/Out:
01:15:09:00 / 01:19:12:00
Canister:
66/16
Film ID:
1787.09
Issue Date:
24/02/1966

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