The Queen Down Under AKA Royal Tour Of Australasia… 1963

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Full title reads: "The Queen Down Under".

Australia.

GV of Melbourne. Street scenes of city. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh come up the Yarrah River to Henley on a launch. They are greeted by Governor Sir Dallas Brookes and his wife.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
71174
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:29:25:00 / 01:36:58:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
1837.06
Issue Date:
1963

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