The City Acclaims The New King 1936

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Item title reads - The City acclaims the new King.

London.

L/S of a procession of carriages riding past large crowds, the camera pans across them. Various shots as a cannon is fired, and official reads to the crowd. L/S as everyone gives King Edward VIII three cheers.

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
12198
Sort Number:
36/007
Time in/Out:
01:43:30:00 / 01:44:29:00
Canister:
36/7
Film ID:
851.42
Issue Date:
23/01/1936

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