In Pasadena - The City Of Roses 1927

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Item title reads: "In Pasadena - The City of Roses, the Annual Festival is a Rose Pageant of beauty and colour."

Pasadena, USA

M/S of a large float, with girls on board in pretty dresses. One float has a huge cake on it. Another has a rocking gondolier and 'San Francisco' picked out...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
26548
Sort Number:
G 1364
Time in/Out:
01:29:12:00 / 01:30:30:00
Canister:
G 1364
Film ID:
666.16
Issue Date:
17/01/1927

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