Boy Fencer 1955

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Brighton, Sussex.

L/S of a man in a white fencing outfit walking through a parkland with daffodils. A young boy accompanies him wearing an old fashioned costume of blue knee length trousers and a shirt with a ruffle at the neck. This is apparently "17th century duelling costume". L/S reveals...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15701
Sort Number:
CP 021
Time in/Out:
01:45:04:00 / 01:46:32:00
Canister:
CP 021
Film ID:
29.19
Issue Date:
23/05/1955

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