Greatest Of All Carnivals 1924

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Nice, France.

Title: "GREATEST of all CARNIVALS. Gaily clad revellers - with many weird figures - throng the famous Riviera resort".

High angled shot of the carnival winding through a crowd lined square, in the centre is a float carrying a gigantic model of a girl waving. Panning shot...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24264
Sort Number:
G 1063
Time in/Out:
01:45:01:00 / 01:48:09:00
Canister:
G 1063
Film ID:
332.27
Issue Date:
03/03/1924

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