Mullingar Races 1924

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Ireland.

Title: "MULLINGAR RACES. Steeplechasing, Flat and Hurdle Racing make up a fine day's sport".

High angles shot of horses being led around a pen passed a small crowd, other men stand nearby smoking, chatting and examining betting slips. M/S of race horses jumping over a fence...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24343
Sort Number:
G 1077
Time in/Out:
01:02:28:00 / 01:03:58:00
Canister:
G 1077
Film ID:
338.03
Issue Date:
21/04/1924

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