Epsom Spring Meeting 1923

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Item title reads - Epsom spring meeting. Huge crowds on historic Downs see "Glass Idol" win Great Metropolitan. Surrey.

L/S of the horses racing, the bookmakers are in the foreground. M/S as the horses walk about. M/S of the race from various angles.

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23672
Sort Number:
G 0975
Time in/Out:
01:47:40:00 / 01:48:22:00
Canister:
G 975
Film ID:
302.39
Issue Date:
30/04/1923

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