Mitcham Fair 1921

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Item title reads - A Survival of Elizabethan Days. Mr Mallaby Deeley M.P. opens the Fair with the historic key. Mitcham, London.

M/S of Deeley making a speech, other men stand around looking serious, one of them holds a giant key, nearly as big as him. L/S of Deeley on a platform in the town...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22436
Sort Number:
G 0798
Time in/Out:
01:36:29:00 / 01:36:52:00
Canister:
G 798
Film ID:
240.36
Issue Date:
15/08/1921

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