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Queen Opens Commonwealth Institute 1962
Description
London.
VS Queen Elizabeth II arrives and performs unveiling of a plaque to open the Commonwealth Institute. VS exhibits and maps. CU Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh chatting.
Interpos
Note: poor quality.
Data
- Time in/Out:
- 01:41:52:00 / 01:43:15:00
- Canister:
- UN 4159 B
- Film ID:
- 3208.23
- Issue Date:
- 1962
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Are you sure it is 1962? I ask because the South African flag is displayed there and South Africa left the Commonwealth in 1961
The plaque shown at 00:47 confirms that the date of the opening was 6 November 1962.
The building seen being opened here was on Kensington High Street.