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Film Number

5

Title

MIDLANDS ROYAL TOUR

Producer

British Movietone News/Majestic Cinema, Macclesfield

Date

1949

Gauge

35mm N

Colour

b/w

Sound

sound

Running Time

7 mins 19 secs

Description

Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit the Town Hall and a silk mill in Macclesfield. They move on to Derby and visit the Crown Derby works. In Nottingham the Prince inspects troops; in Mansfield they visit Portland College for the disabled.
[The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]

 

 



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