10,000 Pigeons 1925

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Description

Item title reads - 10,000 pigeons. "The feathered field" for Welsh Pigeon Derby released in Stadium Ground, Wembley.

M/S of cases of pigeons lined up in Wembley Stadium, ladies and men pour water into the trays on the front of the cases. M/S of them stacking up the cases and unfastening them....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19802
Sort Number:
G 1225
Time in/Out:
01:48:35:00 / 01:49:28:00
Canister:
G 1225
Film ID:
420.24
Issue Date:
17/09/1925

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