Ensuring A Place In Paradise 1930

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Item title reads - Ensuring a place in paradise. Mohammedan devotees pay homage to Allah at the religious ceremony of "hasen hosen". Mombasa, Kenya.

L/S of carriage riding down the street, it has a huge ornate tower on it. M/S of man blowing a bugle in a crowd. M/S of two ornate carriages,...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
18860
Sort Number:
G 1689
Time in/Out:
01:42:06:00 / 01:43:20:00
Canister:
G 1689
Film ID:
818.17
Issue Date:
27/02/1930

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