Pearlies Thank Canada 1962

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Titles reads: "Pearlies thank Canada".

Old Kent Road, East End of London.

Pearly King and Queen, Fred and Mary Tinsley, thank Canadian Hudson Bay Stores for Christmas Dinner for Old Folks. Panning shot as Fred and Mary enter the Lord Nelson Public House (pub). Various shots of Fred,...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
53117
Sort Number:
62/008
Time in/Out:
01:37:35:00 / 01:38:41:00
Canister:
62/8
Film ID:
1709.27
Issue Date:
25/01/1962

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