Lessons They Enjoy 1928

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Full titles read: "Lessons they enjoy! - Thousands of schoolchildren take part in massed physical training."

Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

L/S shows several teams of children marching onto a huge sports ground - there are thousands of them! They do knee bending exercises in unison, then...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
34798
Sort Number:
G 1503
Time in/Out:
01:30:53:00 / 01:32:16:00
Canister:
G 1503
Film ID:
726.22
Issue Date:
17/05/1928

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