The Queen Visits A Preserving Depot 1940

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Full title reads: "The Queen Visits A Preserving Depot."

VS. of Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother) arriving at a rural fruit preserving depot where she is greeted by the women who run the depot. She inspects the fruit crop and the methods employed by the women in canning the fruit. The depot...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
21009
Sort Number:
40/063
Time in/Out:
01:56:01:00 / 01:56:39:00
Canister:
40/63
Film ID:
1051.49
Issue Date:
05/08/1940

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