Lucky Numbers AKA Cambridgeshire Sweepstake… 1935

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Item title reads - Lucky Numbers. Cambridgeshire sweepstake draw at the Mansion House.

Dublin. Eire, Republic of Ireland, Southern Ireland.

M/S of nurses holding up sweepstake tickets they have just drawn out of a big drum. M/S of model of Caliph's on top of the drum. Various shots...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
12088
Sort Number:
35/087
Time in/Out:
01:47:28:00 / 01:49:50:00
Canister:
35/87
Film ID:
841.25
Issue Date:
31/10/1935

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