The Chelsea Arts Ball 1923

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Item title reads - The Chelsea Arts Ball. Hundreds of merry art students were garbed as legendary figures of the frozen north. London.

Two gates which look like a big iceberg are moved aside and people in fancy dress come through, the men look a bit like Roman warriors with wings on their helmets...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
90583
Sort Number:
G 0953
Time in/Out:
01:53:57:00 / 01:55:03:00
Canister:
G 953
Film ID:
3246.07
Issue Date:
08/02/1923

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