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HNL 1078 : The Princess in Scotland

Crowds at a race track watching horse race. Bookmakers taking bets. Women answer phones in a room where a boy chalks up odds onto aboard.
Access No. 123421 | 1 min 13 secs | 1940s | UK | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Women standing outside a shop: D. R Adams. Cakemaker making a wedding cake.
Access No. 123422 | 32 secs | 1940s | UK | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Three men walk towards camera together, including a young man. Cameras focus on the young man as he poses for a photo. Duke of Kent?
Access No. 123423 | 30 secs | 1940s | UK | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Peter Townsend and his wife converse with photographers outside their house. Townsend's wife carries a dog.
Access No. 123581 | 35 secs | 1940s | UK | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
The Royal family and other dignitaries at Westminster Abbey for a service or memorial. They seem to be dressed in mourning. The entrance is led by Lord and Lady (?) Mountbatten, Queen Mary (?), PM Harold MacMillan (?), Prince Philip, The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. Coming out are Lord and Lady Mountbatten, followed by Prince Philip followed by The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret.
Access No. 123582 | 1 min 30 secs | 1940s | London, UK | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Princess Alexandra visits a children's hospital. CU of the Princess, CU of nurses, CU of dolls standing in for children.
Access No. 123584 | 32 secs | 1940s | London, UK | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Princess Margaret being warmly greeted by servicemen, later she is seen being given a tour of a factory (?).
Access No. 123585 | 25 secs | 1940s | UK | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Peter Townsend and his wife disembark from a plane followed by several photographers
Access No. 123586 | 27 secs | 1940s | UK | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Good CU of Union Jack flying as Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, and Princess Margaret disembark from a plane and wave goodbye to the Queen Mother, who is framed in the doorway of a BOAC plane also waving goodbye as she is saluted by two guards on either side of the door.
Access No. 123587 | 27 secs | 1940s | UK | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Peter Townsend at a horse show. Various CUs of the horse and CUs of Peter Townsend
Access No. 123589 | 57 secs | 1940s | UK | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |