The King With His Fleet - Weymouth Bay 1938

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Titles read: "THE KING WITH HIS FLEET".

Weymouth, Dorset.

King George VI (Prince Albert, Duke of York) boards the Royal Barge with the Duke of Kent (Prince George) and Lord Louis Mountbatten and travels over Weymouth Bay to the flagship HMS Nelson. The King is piped aboard then the...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17239
Sort Number:
38/050
Time in/Out:
01:28:47:00 / 01:31:27:00
Canister:
38/50
Film ID:
969.29
Issue Date:
23/06/1938

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