THE KING AND QUEEN LEAVE HILLINGDON HOUSE, UXBRIDGE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE KING AND QUEEN LEAVE HILLINGDON HOUSE, UXBRIDGE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 52
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  • Summary:
  • Description: A car stands outside the HQ, Advanced AEAF, near a notice "Car only". The King and Queen talk to a small group of officials, and shake their hands. As they leave by car, a crowd of cheering RAF men lines the route.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-06
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Pollard (Flying Officer) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Elizabeth, Queen (person) George VI, King (person) AP.F & Allied Expeditionary Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: delegations, British national - state: George VI visits AEAF headquarters (object name) GB, England & Uxbridge, Middx <Hillingdon House (AEAF HQ)> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 96 ft; Running time: 1 min
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  • Notes: Technical: print is part of a can comprising ACB 51 to 53 (total length 971 ft). There are two SP versions, SP2 being ca 10 ft shorter (in actual film footage) than the rest. (Daily Progress Report suggest Flight Officer Pollard as the cameraman. Film itself shows 'Sergeant Ziller'.)
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACB 52

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