The Retirement Of Eton's Head Master 1933

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Full title reads: "The Pathe Gazette has pleasure in presenting - exclusively - this record on the occasion of the retirement of Eton's Head Master, now Dean of Durham."

Eton College Public School, Near Windsor, Berkshire.

Introductory intertitle reads: "'Vale'! Eton's farewell to...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
6558
Sort Number:
33/061
Time in/Out:
01:18:21:00 / 01:21:22:00
Canister:
33/61
Film ID:
729.14
Issue Date:
31/07/1933

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