New Year Celebrations 1968

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No title - New Year celebrations. Trafalgar Square, London.

M/S group of boys and girls dancing in fountain at Trafalgar Square. L/S of the fountain with crowds of people round. M/S group of people standing up on the fountain. C/U group of boys on the fountain, pan down to more in water below....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
56606
Sort Number:
68/002
Time in/Out:
01:36:41:00 / 01:37:51:00
Canister:
68/2
Film ID:
2051.24
Issue Date:
04/01/1968

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