Glasgow University Poll 1934

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Full title reads: "GLASGOW UNIVERSITY POLL - Students vote for new Lord Rector."

Glasgow, Scotland.

Various shots of masses of students throwing whatever they could find at each other - flower, soot, ochre, sawdust. This is the old tradition of Rectorial Elections at Glasgow University.

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
10169
Sort Number:
34/087
Time in/Out:
01:19:15:00 / 01:20:29:00
Canister:
34/87
Film ID:
801.14
Issue Date:
29/10/1934

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