10,000 Flowers 1926

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South Shields, Tyne and Wear.

Title: "10,000 Flowers from humblest to rarest blooms used to build a Floral Cenotaph at Lest We Forget service".

Various shots of people and soldiers adding wreaths to a large tower made from flowers. L/S of the tower in a town square, a troop of sailors...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25893
Sort Number:
G 1311
Time in/Out:
01:39:11:00 / 01:39:48:00
Canister:
G 1311
Film ID:
536.14
Issue Date:
15/07/1926

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