STAGE DOOR CANTEEN - British Pathé

Stage Door Canteen 1944

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Title reads: "Stage Door Canteen".

Stage Door Canteen, Piccadilly, London.

M/S of Foreign Secretary Sir Anthony Eden on stage of club for servicemen and women. He makes jovial speech to declare the place open. He makes slightly rude joke about "unity amongst the allies" existing within...

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Piccadilly London clubs entertainment Sir Anthony Eden Bing Crosby Jack Buchanan home front Second World War wars

Data

Cataloguer:: Amelia
Stock:: Black & White
Sound:: Sound
Media URN:: 39133

Time in/Out:: 01:43:55:00 / 01:47:13:00
Canister:: 44/72
Film ID:: 1123.19

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