Beating The Bounds 1936

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Full title reads: "Beating the bounds at the Tower of London".

Various shots of a procession of Beefeater soldiers, choir boys in robes and mortar boards and schoolchildren carrying canes. The procession walks around the area surrounding the Tower of London (passing Tower Bridge). The children...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
13014
Sort Number:
36/042
Time in/Out:
01:14:38:00 / 01:15:56:00
Canister:
36/42
Film ID:
885.10
Issue Date:

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