Shakespeare's 400th Anniversary 1964

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Full title reads: "Shakespeare's 400th Anniversary".

Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Shot in Techniscope and Technicolor.

GV River Avon and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. Various shots around the centre of Stratford. Various shots of the Shakespeare Centre. Mr Eugene Black performs...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
54408
Sort Number:
64/036
Time in/Out:
01:39:13:00 / 01:43:45:00
Canister:
64/36
Film ID:
1757.18
Issue Date:
30/04/1964

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