Irish Trotting And Whippet Racing 1921

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Item title reads - Trotting and whippet racing at Shelbourne Park, Ringsend, Dublin, Ireland.

M/S as men wave "rabbits", white pieces of cloth, on the track, others hold the whippets at the starting line and then release them. L/S of the men with the "rabbits" at the finishing line as the dogs...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22161
Sort Number:
G 0750
Time in/Out:
01:57:25:00 / 01:58:22:00
Canister:
G 750
Film ID:
228.56
Issue Date:
28/02/1921

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