Folk Dancing To Foster Friendship 1931

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Full title reads: "Yorks. Folk Dancing To Foster Friendship. Anglo-German troup revive old dances, madrigals and folk songs in Ripon's ancient Market Square during festival tour of Yorkshire."

Ripon, Yorkshire.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
12679
Sort Number:
31/073
Time in/Out:
01:40:42:00 / 01:42:12:00
Canister:
31/73
Film ID:
865.26
Issue Date:
10/09/1931

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