Athletic Cinema Girls AKA Gymkhana In Aid… 1919

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Item title reads: "London - Athletic Cinema Girls - at the Gymkhana in aid of the Cinematograph Trade Benevolent Fund".

London.

WS. Group of girls at the Gymkhana. LS. Girls lining up for start of race. Starters gun goes off. WS. girls racing towards the finish line one falls. MS Presentation...

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Cataloguer:
Bond
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
30056
Sort Number:
G 0590
Time in/Out:
01:25:47:00 / 01:26:40:00
Canister:
G 590
Film ID:
196.23
Issue Date:
18/08/1919

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