Dancers International 1946

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Item title reads - Blackpool presents Dancers International.

Blackpool, Lancashire.

2,000 people take part in old time dancing at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool. C/U of two ladies dressing for the occasion in crinolines and wigs. Several shots of the dancers arriving wearing old...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
46129
Sort Number:
46/096
Time in/Out:
01:15:55:00 / 01:18:43:00
Canister:
46/96
Film ID:
1416.10
Issue Date:
02/12/1946

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