Castle Irwell 1946

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Title reads: "CASTLE IRWELL".

Castle Irwell, Manchester, Lancashire.

Several shots of large crowd gathered for the November Handicap horse race at Castle Irwell racecourse, Manchester. Start of the race, horses are off. Various shots of the race in progress. Las Vegas, with jockey...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
46204
Sort Number:
46/093
Time in/Out:
01:56:28:00 / 01:57:18:00
Canister:
46/93
Film ID:
1418.18
Issue Date:
21/11/1946

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