American Fairgrounds 1923

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United States of America.

No title. Eve Junior (i.e. a young girls) are seen in "Amurrica" on a fairground ride.

This consists of revolving barrels rather like the ones on a modern "Waltzer". We see a group of young girls waving at the camera as the ride spins around. We then see...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
14674
Sort Number:
EP 054
Time in/Out:
01:10:00:00 / 01:11:04:00
Canister:
EP 054
Film ID:
852.07
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