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Lady Godiva In Coventry Festival 1920-1929
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Lady Godiva in Coventry festival.
Pageants; historical. Lady Godiva in Coventry Festival. Legend is that Lady G.; the wife of the Earl of Mercia; rode naked through Coventry as a protest to convince her husband to lower the high taxes on the people there. Opens w/ shot looking over crowd watching...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Cheri
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 77063
- Sort Number:
- ON 389 F
- Time in/Out:
- 01:05:25:00 / 01:06:29:00
- Canister:
- ON 389 F
- Film ID:
- 2454.04
- Issue Date:
- 1920 - 1929
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