Shrines Unveiled In Kensington AKA Honour… 1916

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Shrines unveiled in Kensington. London.

World War One. Ceremony. War shrines in Kensington honour their heroes. Opens with a procession going down street in city: Boy Scouts playing drums; followed by a bunch of choirboys in white robes; vicar; bishops (who wear the mortarboard hats with tassel)...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
71679
Sort Number:
ON 028 A
Time in/Out:
01:19:56:00 / 01:21:02:00
Canister:
ON 028 A
Film ID:
1858.12
Issue Date:
1916

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