17,000 Pigeons 1928

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Item title reads - 17,000 pigeons "darken the sky" when released on flight home to the North. Hitchin, Hertfordshire.

L/S of piles of baskets beside a railway line. M/S of the pigeons inside the baskets. M/S of men releasing the catches and all the pigeons flying away. Various good shots as...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35065
Sort Number:
G 1535
Time in/Out:
01:14:16:00 / 01:15:11:00
Canister:
G 1535
Film ID:
742.12
Issue Date:
06/09/1928

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