Students' Rag 1921

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Item title reads - Students' Rag. University students hold amusing carnival in aid of local hospital. Birmingham, West Midlands.

Various shots of people dressed up as surgeons on floats, followed by people walking in fancy dress. M/S as they perform a mock operation on a dummy on the float....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22663
Sort Number:
G 0833
Time in/Out:
01:15:13:00 / 01:15:55:00
Canister:
G 833
Film ID:
250.15
Issue Date:
15/12/1921

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