Newport Carnival 1924 1924

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Gwent, Wales.

Title: "Newport Carnival 1924."

Various M/Ss, looking over the heads of a densely packed crowd, of a procession of spectacularly elaborate floats - one is decorated to look like Cleopatra's palace, complete with palm trees, others include firemen at the top of a 'burning'...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24549
Sort Number:
G 1110
Time in/Out:
01:46:15:00 / 01:47:35:00
Canister:
G 1110
Film ID:
350.21
Issue Date:
14/08/1924

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