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Film Number

572

Title

LEIGH PICTORIAL NEWS

Producer

Unknown

Date

1920

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

4 mins 11 secs

Description

Opens with shots of the Palace Cinema, Leigh; followed by brief and varied streetscenes; shots of Leigh Unemployed demonstration with marches and banners; a rugby football match - Leigh v Halifax at Mather Lane Leigh, shots of the crowd and game; pit head scenes at Bickershaws Colliery with groups of men and boys.

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