Student's Merry Shrovetide Rag 1929

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Item title reads - Students' merry Shrovetide rag. Manchester.

M/S as students in various forms of fancy dress run around a chair. M/S of them cooking pancakes, they stand on a float and toss them. M/S of more students on the ground, and on floats, carrying collecting boxes. M/S of the mayor...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
36331
Sort Number:
G 1583
Time in/Out:
01:52:12:00 / 01:53:06:00
Canister:
G 1583
Film ID:
778.41
Issue Date:
21/02/1929

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