Gracie Fields Visits Rochdale 1947

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Rochdale, Lancashire / Greater Manchester.

Pan along mass crowd on streets of Rochdale. Close up shot of a clock tower on Town Hall, pan down to the crowd. Various shots of Gracie Fields and several town dignitaries on balcony of the Town Hall in the evening, crowd cheering and waving from...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
66792
Sort Number:
UN 1765 D
Time in/Out:
01:18:49:00 / 01:21:42:00
Canister:
UN 1765 D
Film ID:
2405.08
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