Daily Express Community 1927

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Item title reads: "Daily Express community singing movement. Vast choir of 80,000 celebrate empire day in great festival of song."

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M/S man conducts a crowd in a park in community singing. He has his back to the camera. A woman sings. The crowd sit in chairs quietly, as she sings...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
33018
Sort Number:
G 1401
Time in/Out:
01:03:20:00 / 01:04:35:00
Canister:
G 1401
Film ID:
684.03
Issue Date:
26/05/1927

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