Daily Mirror Ball 1922

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Full title reads: "For Princess Mary's Wedding Gift Fund. Some of the striking costumes at Daily Mirror Ball".

Palais de Danse, Hammersmith, London.

Various C/Us of different ball-goers in variety of fancy dress costumes - penguin, chimney pot, butterfly, bather with bathing tent umbrella,...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19378
Sort Number:
G 0846
Time in/Out:
01:53:36:00 / 01:54:14:00
Canister:
G 846
Film ID:
402.46
Issue Date:
30/01/1922

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