Barnet Fair 1926

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Full title reads: "Barnet Fair. Popular in Pepys' day - still going strong".

Barnet, Greater London.

L/S of crowded field with marquees on. M/S of men herding a crowd of barebacked horses. Various M/Ss of a crowd watching men holding horses by their tethers, other men wave flags and...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
26153
Sort Number:
G 1326
Time in/Out:
01:36:53:00 / 01:37:41:00
Canister:
G 1326
Film ID:
632.24
Issue Date:
06/09/1926

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