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1929 ROYAL / BUSINESS - Prince of Wales visits Coal Miners
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1:35Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1929
Location: Wales, United Kingdom
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: "Positively Ghastly!" Incidents in the royal informal tour of stricken mining areas that confirm Prince of Wales's frank summing-up.
**Footage dates from 1900s, circa 1906 - newsreel was distributed in 1929**
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Cars drive up in mining town, miners lining roads / Edward, Prince of Wales in bowler hat and long coat along with others / Houses of mners / Prince of Wales greeting family and visitng inside house / People looking on / Prince of Wales emerging and talking to miners outside house, shaking hands and leaving / Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII) talking to members of the community / Miner's family with children and baby (good shots) / Miners smoking, wearing flat caps
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