Fun of the East Coast, Many Amusing Incidents Were a Feature of Clacton’s Regatta

Series

Series Name: Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

1393

Date Released

28 Jul 1924

Stories in this Issue:

1. Cardinal Bourne Visits Carfin, the Scottish Lourdes. Impressive Reception by 40,000 Pilgrims
2. Fun of the East Coast, Many Amusing Incidents Were a Feature of Clacton’s Regatta
3. Londonderry’s Royal Visitors - The Duke of York, Accompanied by the Duchess Receives the Freedom of the City
4. Washington’s Ancestral Home - Members of the American Bar Association Pay a Visit to Sulgrave Manor, Northants

Story

Story No. within this Issue: 2 / 4
Summary: MLV ‘King and Queen’ seated, ‘Queen’ is crowned. TGV pan crowd. TLV 2 rowing boats, one man in each bombarding the other with flour (?) bombs. MLV men edging along pole fall into water. MLV man on dummy horse attacks dummy bull.
Keywords: Ships and boats; Curiosities
Locations: England; Clacton-on-Sea
Library number GR: 7762 neg 216ft
Length of story (in feet): 70

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'Fun of the East Coast, Many Amusing Incidents Were a Feature of Clacton’s Regatta', Gaumont Graphic Issue No. 1393, 28 Jul 1924. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/79759 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)

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