Hon. Esmond Harmsworth M.P. On Sleeve As… 1926

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London.

Title reads: "Hon Esmond Harmsworth, M.P. helped by Sir Thomas Butler, releases 150 racing pigeons from Terrace of House of Commons".

M/S of a group of people standing around a large wicker hamper. Two men enter and shake hands with a young man in the foreground, Harmsworth...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
28101
Sort Number:
G 1312
Time in/Out:
01:04:55:00 / 01:05:37:00
Canister:
G 1312
Film ID:
538.04
Issue Date:
19/07/1926

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