"Sweetest Shakespeare - Fancys Child" 1932

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Full title reads: "Stratford-on-Avon. 'Sweetest Shakespeare Fancys Child'. The Prince of Wales on St. George's Day opens new Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on the banks of the Avon where our greatest Poet lived & died - is buried."

Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4935
Sort Number:
32/034
Time in/Out:
01:01:10:00 / 01:02:52:00
Canister:
32/34
Film ID:
673.02
Issue Date:
28/04/1932

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