Ascot Sunday Boulter's Lock 1926

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Maidenhead, Berkshire.

Title: "Ascot Sunday. Famed Boulter's Lock ... a kaleidoscopic scene of colour and beauty".

M/S of a canal lock crowded with punts and rowing boats, the lock keeper stands on the bank waving his arms frantically. Various shots of people in boats; all Hooray Henry...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25837
Sort Number:
G 1305
Time in/Out:
01:25:29:00 / 01:28:43:00
Canister:
G 1305
Film ID:
504.12
Issue Date:
24/06/1926

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