| THE PRAM RAG Male students dress as mothers and babies and take part in a pram race in Cambridge. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5244 |
| Catalog #: | 247797 | |
| Clip Number: | 247797-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 989 | |
| Timecode: | 01:38:52 - 01:39:37 | |
| Location: | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. | |
| Year Shot: | 1923 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONTESTS: Recreational (Tug O War, Sack Race, etc) FASHION: Costume/Masquerade/Fancy Dress FESTIVALS: Students Rags LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Cambridgeshire | |
| Description: | The "pram" rag. Undergraduate "mothers" with "brawny babies" in race organised by Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Undergraduates. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Students dress up & draw a crowd for a fundraiser. L/S of a procession of men dressed as "mothers" and "babies" racing up the road. C/U of one "mother" and bigger "baby" with a large dummy in his mouth. Another has a teddy bear. One "baby" with long blonde curly wig gets a kiss from a man with a necktie round his hat. | |
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