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Compiled by Richard Nelsson

The Festival of Britain opens – archive, May 1951

A queue for the Dome Of Discovery at the Festival of Britain, 1951.
A queue for the Dome Of Discovery at the Festival of Britain, 1951. Photograph: ANL/REX/Shutterstock

The king sets keynote for the festival: symbol of Britain’s courage

From our London staff
4 May 1951

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