Royal Command Film Performance 1947

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Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.

Cuts from newsreel 47/96 - Royal Command Performance held at the Odeon, Leicester Square, on 25/11/47.

Glamorous blonde US film star Carole Landis, wearing a white fur jacket arrives with her escort. American...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
64517
Sort Number:
UN 1870 B
Time in/Out:
01:53:39:00 / 01:59:39:00
Canister:
UN 1870 B
Film ID:
2192.13
Issue Date:
1947

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