Schoolboys' Exhibition 1954

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Horticultural Hall, Kensington.

Lots of schoolboys at the "Schoolboys Exhibition." Funny shots of boys dressed up as astronauts going through an "Anti Cosmic Check" .

Ex King Peter of Yugoslavia and his son Prince Alexander at British railways training scheme. SCU Peter and son.

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
29085
Sort Number:
54/002
Time in/Out:
01:25:30:00 / 01:26:21:00
Canister:
54/2
Film ID:
134.04
Issue Date:
04/01/1954

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