Primrose Day 1928

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Full titles read: "Primrose Day - Miss Diana Churchill heads annual pilgrimage in memory of Lord Beaconsfield."

Hughenden, Buckinghamshire.

M/S of a line of well-dressed people walking along a path, carrying wreaths of flowers. M/S of an older woman handing her wreath to a man who...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
34761
Sort Number:
G 1496
Time in/Out:
01:28:09:00 / 01:28:55:00
Canister:
G 1496
Film ID:
724.21
Issue Date:
23/04/1928

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  • "Primrose Day" takes place annually on 19 April, so we can safely date this film as being from 19 April 1928.

    "Lord Beaconsfield" referred to was the late Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli.

    jamied 11th May 2012

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