Old Time Grace 1927

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Harrogate College, Yorkshire.

Intertitle reads: "The Charleston, Black Bottom, and other movements of Modern Jazz, have not altogether killed the grace of the country dance."

Various country dances are performed by firstly a large group of women in white and pale dresses, then by a...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
35282
Sort Number:
EP 010
Time in/Out:
01:01:20:00 / 01:03:45:00
Canister:
EP 010
Film ID:
756.02
Issue Date:
26/07/1927

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