The City's Highest Honour 1929

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Item title reads - The city's highest honour. The Premier (Ramsay MacDonald) and the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Philip Snowden) receive, with traditional ceremony "the Freedom of the City." London.

M/S of horses pulling an ornate carriage, two uniformed men in feathered hats open the door,...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19008
Sort Number:
G 1671
Time in/Out:
01:55:46:00 / 01:57:42:00
Canister:
G 1671
Film ID:
826.38
Issue Date:
27/12/1929

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