Royal Command Film Performance 1948 1948

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Film begins with the following title: "The Newsreel Association of Great Britain & Ireland Ltd. presents Rush News"

Various shots of the great and the good arriving for the Royal Command Film Performance of 1948. C/Us of some of the stars posing for the camera. Neither the cinema nor the film...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
70588
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:54:16:00 / 01:57:58:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
1375.10
Issue Date:
1948

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