Peaceful Years Reel 5 1919-1938

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Piccadilly lights, dancing in night club. Hutch playing. Western Bros. singing. Dancing girls. Comedy and tap dancing. Jazz and night club dancing.

W.W.I. explosion. Japanese troops marching through Manchuria, destroyed houses, corpses, ravages of war. Swastika signs, Hitler speaking 1933....

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Cataloguer:
Mike
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
84516
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:26:20:00 / 01:34:36:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
2935.04
Issue Date:
1919 - 1938

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British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
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The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
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