Item title reads - Princess Mary’s visit to Preston. Her Royal Highness lays foundation stone at the Royal Infirmary. Lancashire.
M/S as Princess Mary smoothes the stone with a trowel, two men behind turn a handle on a crane to lift it. C/U of the inscription. M/S of the upright stone, she touches each corner. M/S of the Princess on a platform talking to one of the nurses. M/S of Princess Mary and staff of the Infirmary standing on a platform, the camera pans across it.
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