Annual Sports At Grasmere 1946

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Item title reads - Annual sports at Grasmere.

Cumberland.

Elevated shot of the sports arena at Grasmere, nestling in the valley. Various shots as the runners begin the race to Butters crag. Various shots of the competitors running and scrambling up the steep slopes of the crag. They...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45833
Sort Number:
46/068
Time in/Out:
01:21:33:00 / 01:22:42:00
Canister:
46/68
Film ID:
1408.17
Issue Date:
26/08/1946

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