Margate Follies 1947

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Arthur Illston's Margate Follies.

Kent.

M/S crowd of people in deckchairs on beach. M/S of the members of Arthur Illston's Margate Follies standing in a line on the outdoor stage singing "I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside".

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34003
Sort Number:
NP 165
Time in/Out:
01:17:41:00 / 01:18:04:00
Canister:
NP 165
Film ID:
1241.09
Issue Date:
10/11/1947

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