Cambridge Bumping Race 1936

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Full title reads: "Cambridge".

Cambridge University May Races, Cambridgeshire.

M/S of people walking along banks of River Cam in the rain. C/U of young man sitting in canoe wearing a tree branch like a hat. People shelter under umbrellas to watch rowing eights race down river. Students...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
13009
Sort Number:
36/050
Time in/Out:
01:08:59:00 / 01:09:32:00
Canister:
36/50
Film ID:
885.05
Issue Date:
22/06/1936

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