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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

1684

Title

CORONATION CELEBRATIONS MAY AND JUNE 1953

Producer

Mr Harry Hill

Date

1953

Gauge

9.5mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

11 mins 06 secs

Description

The people of Rossendale are seen celebrating the coronation with a street procession, balloon race, acrobatic displays, torchlit procession and fireworks. Also includes family footage of Auntie on her 80th birthday and the wedding of Dorothy and Jim Hoyle. The film concludes with members of the Bethesda United Methodist Church celebrating their 75th Anniversary with a street procession and fun races.

 

 



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