Somerset House 1937

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Full title reads: "Somerset House".

Somerset House, register office of births and deaths, London.

Various shots of woman with baby sitting in front of Registrar at desk. The woman and the Registrar sign the baby's birth certificate.

Various shots exterior of Somerset House....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40023
Sort Number:
PT 383
Time in/Out:
01:06:29:00 / 01:09:43:00
Canister:
PT 383
Film ID:
1156.04
Issue Date:
26/07/1937

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