This Day - March 4 No 6 1922-1954

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Title reads: "This Day - March 4th". Short Documentary film about events around that date throughout the century.

Mar 1922 - Wedding of Princess Mary to Viscount Lascelles. Parade through London.
Mar 1947 - Christening of 4th child of Prince Bernhard and Queen Juliana in Holland.
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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
82252
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:00:11:00 / 01:13:55:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
2809.01
Issue Date:
1922 - 1954

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