Sir Kingsley Wood Unveils Memorial At Mildenhall 1938

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Mildenhall, Suffolk.

Air Minister Sir Kingsley Wood unveils a new memorial at the RAF ground in Mildenhall. The memorial stone commemorates the day when King George V reviewed his Air Force; brief library footage of this event. Aerial shot of lines of planes on an airfield.

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17986
Sort Number:
38/068
Time in/Out:
01:35:56:00 / 01:36:16:00
Canister:
38/68
Film ID:
977.39
Issue Date:
25/08/1938

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