Joe Beckett's Wedding 1923

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Item title reads - Joe Beckett's wedding. Thousands cheer our popular heavyweight champion and his pretty bride. Worthing, West Sussex.

L/S of huge crowds waiting to see them, a photographer stands on top of a car to get his pictures. The cars make their way slowly through the crowds. M/S of...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23933
Sort Number:
G 1008
Time in/Out:
01:06:55:00 / 01:07:56:00
Canister:
G 1008
Film ID:
314.07
Issue Date:
23/08/1923

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