May Day 1928

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Description

The crowning of a 'May Queen' and the 'feast of Oratory' in Hyde Park on May Day.

Full titles read: "May Day - and mother wakened little Lily Winterburn early to be crowned "Queen of the May" at 6.30 a.m.!"

Walworth, London.

M/S shows two women standing either side of a topiary...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
34847
Sort Number:
G 1499
Time in/Out:
01:47:14:00 / 01:49:30:00
Canister:
G 1499
Film ID:
728.33
Issue Date:
03/05/1928

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