3,600 Bandsmen's Big Blow 1925

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Item title reads - 3,600 bandsmen's big blow. 150 brass bands at 25th National Festival. Crystal Palace, London.

M/S as the camera pans across people watching the bandstand where one of the brass bands is playing. M/S of the other bands standing about with their instruments, the camera pans...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19841
Sort Number:
G 1229
Time in/Out:
01:02:10:00 / 01:03:24:00
Canister:
G 1229
Film ID:
424.03
Issue Date:
01/10/1925

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