Focus On Children 1959

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Cliftonville, Kent.

Children at a holiday camp endure various competitions including fancy dress,wheelbarrow race, beauty competitions and not forgetting the boys, a strong man competition.

M/S of a line of children in fancy dress, one boy dressed as Adam, another dressed as a strong...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1483
Sort Number:
CP 210
Time in/Out:
01:05:31:00 / 01:08:03:00
Canister:
CP 210
Film ID:
85.05
Issue Date:
05/01/1959

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