Homeward Bound 1934

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Full title reads: "HOMEWARD BOUND - 40,000 pigeons liberated at Selby."

Selby, North Yorkshire.

A shot of a long line of cages filled with pigeon next to a train. Several shots of the men around the cages. Nice close up shot of pigeons in cage. Men open the cages and thousands of...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
8478
Sort Number:
34/062
Time in/Out:
01:16:16:00 / 01:17:04:00
Canister:
34/62
Film ID:
773.12
Issue Date:
02/08/1934

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