Telling The Country 1934

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Full title reads: "TELLING THE COUNTRY - National Government Party Leaders inspect fleet of Cinema Vans at Palace Yard, Westminster."

London.

A line of vans is parked at Westminster Palace Yard. A group of men standing next to them, chatting. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald accompanied...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
9745
Sort Number:
34/049
Time in/Out:
01:54:59:00 / 01:56:10:00
Canister:
34/49
Film ID:
787.40
Issue Date:
18/06/1934

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