Topical Budget: Duke & Duchess Of York, Walthamstow (1927)
ProRes digital file Black & White Mute ? 0:53
Summary: The future King George VI and future Queen Mother pay a whistlestop tour of a new hospital extension in Walthamstow.
Title number: 19883
LSA ID: LSA/26326
Description: This film shows the opening of the Leyton And Leytonstone War Memorial Ward in 1927, attended by the Duke and Duchess of York – who would eventually become King George VI and the Queen Mother. They are greeted by waving crowds and soldiers bearing arms, who the Duke inspects while the Duchess smiles in the background, before they return to their car for their next engagement.
Cast: Duke and Duchess of York (King George VI and the Queen Mother)
Keywords: Hospital; Royalty; soldiers; Leyton; opening
Locations: United Kingdom;England;London;Walthamstow
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