"Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow" 1930

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Full title reads: "Herne Bay. 'Parting is such sweet sorrow'. The last boat of summer has merry send-off to winter quarters"

Herne Bay, Kent.

Streamers are thrown from the dockside as people board boat. As the boat moves out from the dock people wave it off.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
7828
Sort Number:
30/037
Time in/Out:
01:21:36:00 / 01:22:23:00
Canister:
30/37
Film ID:
745.13
Issue Date:
06/10/1930

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