Paris Goes Gay 1946

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Title reads: "Paris Goes Gay".

Student rag parade in Paris, France.

Students celebrate the traditional Bizuth Baptism. Various shots of outrageous art students in fancy dress walking or riding on horse drawn carts through the streets. C/U of a student dressed as Mr Gladstone. C/U of...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
46188
Sort Number:
46/103
Time in/Out:
01:07:37:00 / 01:09:01:00
Canister:
46/103
Film ID:
1418.02
Issue Date:
26/12/1946

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