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  • Short Summary

    5000 competitors join in the Thread Sports in Paisley, Scotland.

  • Description

    Item title reads - J. P. Coats sports. Over 5000 competitors enter for the famous Thread Sports. Paisley, Scotland.

    M/S of a group of men and women standing about watching, C/U of the group, one man smokes a pipe. M/S of ladies in kilts doing Highland dancing on a platform, M/S as they jump off. M/S of a tug of war from behind one of the teams, others stand and judge. A boy is pushed along in a wheelbarrow, he tips up a bucket of water by pushing a wooden pole through a piece of wood underneath it. M/S of men running up a course.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    316.23
    Media URN:
    23990
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    24/09/1923
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:10:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:26:28:00 / 01:27:38:00
    Canister:
    G 1017

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