KING'S WIMBLEDON NAMING (?) CEREMONY [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: KING'S WIMBLEDON NAMING (?) CEREMONY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BTF 87
  • Other titles:
  • Summary:
  • Description: Schools Class locomotive no. 931 "King's Wimbledon" in station; schoolboys examine it and climb over it. Presentation made on station platform. (This locomotive was named in 1935)
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BTF 87
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (BTF 87)
  • Featured Period: 1919-1938
  • Production Date: 1935
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Southern Railway Film Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: ceremonies, British - event-related: presentation of locomotive (object name) transport, British - rail: locomotive no 931 Kings Wimbledon (object name) GB, England & London, SW <Wimbledon (?)> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 40 ft; Running time: 1 min
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BTF 87

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