Eton College Steeplechase 1929

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Item title reads - Eton college steeplechases. Every boy must go over or through (most go through!) the famous water jump - the last time it was cleared was in 1924! Windsor, Berkshire.

L/S as the boys race off down the fields. M/S as they take the water jump and run out of the other side,...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35711
Sort Number:
G 1591
Time in/Out:
01:49:30:00 / 01:50:52:00
Canister:
G 1591
Film ID:
782.29
Issue Date:
21/03/1929

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