Their Last Day In The Old Country 1929

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Item title reads - Their last day in the old country. 200 youths from Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland visit York Minster before emigrating to settle in Canada or Australia. York, Yorkshire.

M/S as the boys file along towards York Minster, M/S as they stand in rows, the camera pans across...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35682
Sort Number:
G 1587
Time in/Out:
01:57:22:00 / 01:58:23:00
Canister:
G 1587
Film ID:
780.41
Issue Date:
07/03/1929

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