Queen Opens B-P House 1961

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Full title reads: "London. Queen Opens B-P House".

Baden Powell House, Queen's Gate, London.

GV of Baden Powell House. SV line of Boy Scouts. watching unveiling of Statue. SV of the Duke of Gloucester unveiling statue of founder of the Boy Scouts Baden Powell camera pans up to show...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
53741
Sort Number:
61/057
Time in/Out:
01:00:17:00 / 01:01:27:00
Canister:
61/57
Film ID:
1732.01
Issue Date:
17/07/1961

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  • The unveiling of the statue and the opening of Baden-Powell House both took place on 12 July 1961.

    jamied 1st Oct 2012

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