Cowes On Thames AKA Cowes-On-Thames 1926

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Bourne End, Thames Valley, Buckinghamshire.

Title: "Cowes - on Thames. Welcome return of Summer weather at Race for the Queen's Cup".

M/S of a row of sailing dinghies moored to a jetty, people on the decks pulls ropes and unfurl sails. Various shots of same boats sailing about on the...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25828
Sort Number:
G 1304
Time in/Out:
01:02:10:00 / 01:06:04:00
Canister:
G 1304
Film ID:
504.03
Issue Date:
21/06/1926

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