"As Nice As Nice!" 1933

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Full title reads: "St. Heliers [sic]. 'As Nice as Nice!" Fun - fast and furious - at Jersey's famous Carnival and Battle of Flowers."

St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.

Young boys dressed as sailors pull small float decorated with flowers to look like a boat. In it sits a young girl....

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
6549
Sort Number:
33/063
Time in/Out:
01:04:56:00 / 01:06:15:00
Canister:
33/63
Film ID:
729.05
Issue Date:
07/08/1933

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