Reward Of Service & Cuts 1926

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Description

Wetheral, county unknown, possibly somewhere in North East.

Title reads: "Reward of Service. Viscount Grey opens 8 cottages - additional to 97 already erected for aged L.N.E.R.* railwaymen".

C/U of Viscount Grey (Edward Grey, Grey of Falloden) standing in front of a crowd. M/S of Grey...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
28104
Sort Number:
G 1312
Time in/Out:
01:08:10:00 / 01:11:03:00
Canister:
G 1312
Film ID:
538.07
Issue Date:
19/07/1926

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