Wigan On Wheels 1929

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Item title reads - Wigan on Wheels. Pageant of transport presented at annual carnival. Greater Manchester.

L/S pan across vehicles of every description. M/S of coach and horses riding down the street, M/S of a man on a bicycle, his face is white like that of a mime act. Children on scooters...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
36012
Sort Number:
G 1624
Time in/Out:
01:10:11:00 / 01:11:13:00
Canister:
G 1624
Film ID:
796.07
Issue Date:
14/07/1929

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