Ringing-The-Bull AKA Ringing The Bull 1949

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Ringing-the-bull game at Lewes, Sussex.

Various shots men playing the traditional game of "Ringing the Bull" in the King's Head pub. A stuffed bull's head is mounted on wall, there is a hook coming out of its nose. The men swing a ring on some string, the aim is to hook the ring on the nose...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44896
Sort Number:
NP 247
Time in/Out:
01:05:41:00 / 01:06:32:00
Canister:
NP 247
Film ID:
1371.04
Issue Date:
06/06/1949

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