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St Dunstan's Road Walk 1950
Description
Regent's Park, London.
Various shots of participants preparing for a competition walk. The competitors are all blind war veterans from St Dunstan's.
M/S of the group of competitors before the start of the race; pan to actor Wilfred Pickles talking to an official. Pickles starts the...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 34446
- Sort Number:
- NP 294
- Time in/Out:
- 01:28:10:00 / 01:29:24:00
- Canister:
- NP 294
- Film ID:
- 1277.19
- Issue Date:
- 01/05/1950
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