A Right Royal 'rag' 1925

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Item title reads - A right royal 'rag'. Boisterous but good humoured students make Socialist Lord Mayor unveil fearsome guillotine and then "behead" him! Bradford, Yorkshire.

L/S as the mayor is helped up onto the platform by a student dressed as a highwayman, crowds of people stand behind....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25178
Sort Number:
G 1191
Time in/Out:
01:53:49:00 / 01:54:48:00
Canister:
G 1191
Film ID:
396.23
Issue Date:
21/05/1925

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