Dunoon - Cowal Highland Games Lner 1938

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Item title reads - Dunoon.

Cowal Highland Games, Scotland. (LNER).

L/S as the camera pans across the outdoor arena with mountains behind. M/S of spectators. Various good shots as girls perform a Highland dance. L/S of bicycle race. Various shots of men in kilts throwing the hammer....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17850
Sort Number:
38/070
Time in/Out:
01:01:07:00 / 01:02:24:00
Canister:
38/70
Film ID:
979.02
Issue Date:
01/09/1938

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