Robert Burns Bi-Centenary [sic] 1959

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Titles read: "SCOTLAND - ROBERT BURNS BI-CENTENARY [sic]".

Alloway and Kilmarnock, Scotland.

General view of the cottage where Burns was born in Alloway. C/U of sign on cottage reading "Burns Cottage, Robert Burns the Ayrshire poet was born in this cottage on the 25th January 1759,...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
58726
Sort Number:
59/008
Time in/Out:
01:16:21:00 / 01:17:15:00
Canister:
59/8
Film ID:
1567.08
Issue Date:
26/01/1959

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