SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHDAY

Shakespeare's Birthday 1920

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Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.

Intertitle: "SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHDAY. Nation pays tribute to immortal memory of the 'Bard of Avon'".

Slow panning M/S the Mayor and other local dignitaries holding large wreaths of flowers. M/S of a procession of men and women walking past an old Tudor...

Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire William Shakespeare celebrations processions graves cemetries

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Cataloguer:: Amelia
Stock:: Black & White
Sound:: Silent
Media URN:: 21780
Sort Number:: G 0662

Time in/Out:: 01:04:05:00 / 01:04:40:00
Canister:: G 662
Film ID:: 210.04
Issue Date:: 26/04/1920

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