Sweethearts' Carnival! 1938

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Titles read: "SWEETHEARTS' CARNIVAL!"

Tyrol, Austria.

Several shots of a centuries-old custom in Austria where unmarried men and women have to dress up in strange clownish costumes of leaves and coned hats and parade through the streets with a decorated tree trunk. The idea is to bring...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40432
Sort Number:
PT 428
Time in/Out:
01:05:07:00 / 01:05:56:00
Canister:
PT 428
Film ID:
1172.03
Issue Date:
06/06/1938

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