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Westminster Abbey Wedding 1939
Description
Full titles read: "WESTMINSTER ABBEY"
The marriage of Miss Vivian Kenyon Slaney to the Earl of Hopetown. Various shots of the wedding - all exteriors, at Westminster Abbey, London. M/S Group of spectators standing under umbrellas in pouring rain. M/S of large group of cine and press photographers.
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Howard
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 20070
- Sort Number:
- 39/060
- Time in/Out:
- 01:38:35:00 / 01:39:18:00
- Canister:
- 39/60
- Film ID:
- 1015.33
- Issue Date:
- 27/07/1939
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"Vivian Kenyon Slaney" in text and tags should read Vivien Kenyon-Slaney.
"the Earl of Hopetown" in text and tags should read Earl of Hopetoun.
The wedding took place on 24 July 1939.