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e Town Hall with the Mayor, Councillor JH Huxley, speaking from platform. L/S of personalities taking their places on the platform. Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone is seen on left of platform. Churchill, the Mayor and Mrs Clementine Churchill also seen. M/S of Churchill coming to front of platform and showing the baton to audience. M/S of man and woman in audience listening. L/S of Churchill speaking. C/U of Mayor's hand taking up baton and handing it to Churchill. L/S of Churchill speaking from platform. C/U of clergyman in audience. C/U of man in audience clapping. M/S of audience clapping. Various shots show the Mayor handing the baton and Freeman's Roll to Churchill and Churchill signing the Roll. M/S of exterior of Kensington Town Hall. C/U of The Earl of Athlone arriving. M/S of Churchill getting out of his car on arrival at the Hall, tipping his top hat and being introduced to personalities. M/Ss of Winston and Mrs Churchill before entering hall. General view of hall with ceremony in progress. M/S of personalities taking their seats on the platform. M/S of Churchill sitting down. Some very short sections of sound, mostly of people applauding, but this is almost entirely mute footage. FILM ID:2493.08 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/ British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/