Mr Pickwick's "Hold Up" 1930

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Full title reads: "Bath. Mr Pickwick's "Hold Up" with his party in the family coach & his visit to Bath re-enacted on spot by the Dickens' Fellowship Conference."

Bath, North Somerset / Avon.

An old fashioned stage coach / carriage travels along a country road (there is nothing in...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
6290
Sort Number:
30/004
Time in/Out:
01:36:14:00 / 01:37:12:00
Canister:
30/4
Film ID:
713.24
Issue Date:
12/06/1930

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