Empire Day 1929

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Description

Item title reads - Empire Day 1929. Vast multitude take part in great festival of pageantry and song - and thanksgiving for His Majesty's recovery. Hyde Park. London.

L/S of people waving, various shots of people singing as the camera pans across the crowds in the park.

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35790
Sort Number:
G 1610
Time in/Out:
01:23:42:00 / 01:24:49:00
Canister:
G 1610
Film ID:
790.16
Issue Date:
27/05/1929

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