264th Race For Town Plate 1929

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Item title reads - 264th race for Town Plate. 75 year old Mr Frank Simpson wins historic race - the only one in which women can compete with men. 4 ladies and one other man started! Newmarket, Suffolk.

Various shots of ladies getting on their horses. M/S as one lady pats her horse and adjusts...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
18656
Sort Number:
1650
Time in/Out:
01:54:01:00 / 01:55:25:00
Canister:
G 1650
Film ID:
804.39
Issue Date:
14/10/1929

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