20,000 Eggs Soot And Flour 1925

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Item title reads - 20,000 eggs, soot and flour used in battle by Glasgow University undergraduates at Rectorial Election Rag. Scotland.

M/S as the camera pans across the students holding their ammunition. L/S as they run across in front of the university and up the street. M/S as they pelt...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19915
Sort Number:
G 1237
Time in/Out:
01:46:31:00 / 01:48:29:00
Canister:
G 1237
Film ID:
428.22
Issue Date:
29/10/1925

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