"Wedding Of The Century" 1961

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Full title reads: "Camberwell. 'Wedding Of The Century'."

Camberwell, London.

Wedding where the Bridegroom said he was 102 and the bride was only 73. It later appears that the groom is only 79.

GV Traffic and crowds of people in Peckham Road. SV Mr Sydney Thain, Mrs Maude...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
53953
Sort Number:
61/081
Time in/Out:
01:19:34:00 / 01:20:47:00
Canister:
61/81
Film ID:
1738.15
Issue Date:
09/10/1961

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