Undergraduates' "Grand National" 1933

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Full title reads: "Somerton. Undergraduates' 'Grand National'. All plucky ... if not all polished riders ... Oxford University student jockeys go all out in gruelling race."

Somerton, Oxfordshire.

Horses and jockeys prepare for race. Lots of people looking over horses before the start....

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
5994
Sort Number:
33/013
Time in/Out:
01:28:41:00 / 01:30:15:00
Canister:
33/13
Film ID:
697.22
Issue Date:
13/02/1933

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