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Topical Budget 206-1: Swan Upping (1915)
 

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"SWAN UPPING Members of the Swanners Guild collect the cygnets on the upper reaches of the Thames and brand them according to their owners". Men with banners get out of punts on far bank of river and chase afters cygnets. They pose for the camera with swans and cygnets, daubing the latter. They are released into the water.