California's Pig Derby 1941

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Item title reads - California's Pig Derby.

America (USA).

Some chorus girls in California run a Pig Derby. They drag and push some very small pigs over and through obstacles such as fences and ditches, the pigs really hate it, but the girls seem to enjoy it. M/S of the winning girl...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39499
Sort Number:
41/094
Time in/Out:
01:29:11:00 / 01:30:02:00
Canister:
41/94
Film ID:
1135.25
Issue Date:
24/11/1941

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