Morecambe Dance Festival 1951

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Full title reads: "Morecambe Dance Festival".

Floral Hall, Morecambe, Lancashire. Team formation ballroom dancing competition is won by Weston-Super-Mare.

Various shots of dancing competition - extended version of newsreel story.

Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
48265
Sort Number:
51/086 (Special)
Time in/Out:
01:50:22:00 / 01:53:15:00
Canister:
51/86 (Special)
Film ID:
1477.31
Issue Date:
25/10/1951

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