Modern "Centaurs" 1932

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Full title reads: "Windsor. Modern 'Centaurs'. 'Horse and man as one' in wonderful display of equitation by the Life Guards for this year's Royal Tournament."

Windsor, Berkshire.

Group of cavalry men take a fence on their horses.

The soldiers then leap a wider fence two by...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4968
Sort Number:
32/038
Time in/Out:
01:45:05:00 / 01:46:34:00
Canister:
32/38
Film ID:
673.35
Issue Date:
12/05/1932

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