Founders Day At Pangbourne 1938

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Pangbourne, Berkshire.

On Founders Day at Devitt and Moore's Nautical College we see cadets in training for the Merchant Service and the Navy marching across a field in formation. A crowd of people watch as the boys climb up ropes on apparatus on the field and do balancing postures. Commentator...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17222
Sort Number:
38/046
Time in/Out:
01:11:47:00 / 01:12:29:00
Canister:
38/46
Film ID:
969.12
Issue Date:
09/06/1938

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