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Empire Day Pageant (c.1915)

Synopsis

This silent actuality fragment from around 1915 shows people celebrating Empire Day in full costume. It appears to take place in a small country town.

Curator’s notes

This fragment of actuality footage is of unknown origin. The approximate date of the footage comes from the stock dates marked on the film fragments. This is one method by which audiovisual material held at the National Film and Sound Archive can be classified and dated.