Mixing Counterfoils For The Grand National… 1937

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Title reads: "MIXING COUNTERFOILS FOR THE GRAND NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES."

Location unknown.

Large model of a castle. Various shots of the girls in fancy dress and head wear placing tickets into large boxes which are further placed into mixing drums.

Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
13503
Sort Number:
37/042
Time in/Out:
01:51:36:00 / 01:52:26:00
Canister:
37/42
Film ID:
919.20
Issue Date:
27/05/1937

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