Royal Oak Day 1914-1918

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Royal Oak Day.

Location of events unknown - probably London.

Military holiday - comrades of past Great Wars. Group of elderly men in uniforms with shiny buttons and 3-cornered hats (Chelsea Pensioners). A group of others; led by a man in a different sort of uniform; with medals and...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
72941
Sort Number:
ON 106 D
Time in/Out:
01:04:52:00 / 01:05:27:00
Canister:
ON 106 D
Film ID:
1908.04
Issue Date:
1914 - 1918

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