The King Receives Mr. Attlee 1945

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Full title reads: "THE KING RECEIVES MR. ATTLEE".

Buckingham Palace, London.

Various shots of the King George VI and new Prime Minister Clement Attlee posing together.

(Mute & Track Negs.)

Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40139
Sort Number:
45/062
Time in/Out:
01:03:01:00 / 01:03:37:00
Canister:
45/62
Film ID:
1161.02
Issue Date:
02/08/1945

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