Victory Celebrations - King Speaks 1945

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London.

Several shots of mass crowds seen from a balcony of Buckingham Palace during the celebration of Victory of Europe Day (VE Day). King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) looking at crowds from balcony.

Winston Churchill posing to cameras with military personnel....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
62083
Sort Number:
UN 1129 A
Time in/Out:
01:04:09:00 / 01:05:28:00
Canister:
UN 1129 A
Film ID:
1988.04
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British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
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