This Day - February 25 No 3 1921-1954

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Title reads: "This Day - February 25th". Short Documentary film about events around that date throughout the century.

Feb 1928 - First Levee of King George V - Military parade and senior officers.
Feb 1928 - Building of the new Tyne Bridge between Newcastle and Gateshead.
Feb 1925 -...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
82226
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:14:15:00 / 01:27:52:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
2807.02
Issue Date:
1921 - 1954

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