The Virginia Reel

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Full title reads: "The Virginia Reel in the days when dancing was dancing".

Couples in room dancing a traditional reel to violin and accordion accompaniment.

Intertitle reads: "The girls then carried their trains in one hand and their beaus in...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
60608
Sort Number:
UN 0001 F (B)
Time in/Out:
01:13:31:00 / 01:14:57:00
Canister:
UN 1 F (B)
Film ID:
1800.02
Issue Date:

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