Hives of Industry (1929)

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Channel: BFI · 2013 · Travel & Events

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This Topical Budget newsreel records the visit of the future King George VI - then Duke of York - to the firm of W & T Avery at Smethwick's famous Soho Foundry on 12 March 1929. Members of the workforce were given a special three-quarter of an hour break for the occasion.

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