The Wedding Month Opens AKA Royal Visit… 1947

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Plymouth, Devon.

VS of members of the Royal family at visits around the country.

LS Elevated shot of Plymouth, Drakes Circus, showing devastation and streets decorated in honour of the Royal visit.

LS General elevated shot of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later Queen...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41288
Sort Number:
47/088
Time in/Out:
01:53:10:00 / 01:55:09:00
Canister:
47/88
Film ID:
1195.26
Issue Date:
03/11/1947

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