| THE DUNMOW FLITCH M.P. Mardy Jones wins, after proving he has not argued with his wife for over a year. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5257 |
| Catalog #: | 184028 | |
| Clip Number: | 184028-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1093 | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:07 - 01:01:01 | |
| Location: | Ilford, London | |
| Year Shot: | 1924 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Aggression BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Love, Romance, Courtship CONTESTS: Dunmow Flitch CONTESTS: Unusual LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | The DUNMOW FLITCH. Mr. Mardy Jones, Socialist M.P. for Pontypridd wins - proving to the Jury he had not quarrelled with his wife for a year and a day! Ilford, London M/S of the interior of a marquee, a 'court' is being held; Mr. Jones stand in the dock with his wife being questioned by a 'lawyer' in a wig. M/S of a procession led by two men, one in a mortar board, the other in a wig, walking across a field, at the end four men hold a wooden frame on their shoulders, from the frame a side of beef hangs. Panning shot of a group including the men in a wig and a mortar board, Mr. and Mrs. Jones stand on either side of the side of beef, two children stand with them. | |
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