Flower Power 1968

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Spalding, Lincolnshire.

Several shots of tulips growing in fields in Spalding. We then see various floats of different shapes covered in tulip heads for a flower parade; people put the finishing touches to floats that are gathered in a field prior to the carnival.

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4442
Sort Number:
CP 704
Time in/Out:
01:17:57:00 / 01:20:17:00
Canister:
CP 704
Film ID:
447.04
Issue Date:
20/06/1968

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