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Topical Budget 250-1: War Trade Fair (1916)
 

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"WAR TRADE FAIR Mammoth War Fair organised by Wonderful Allies Relief Committee opened by Lord Mayor at Caledonian Market". Mayor and dignitaries walk past camera. Close shot of Mayor giving speech. General shot of people at fair. Two women in costume with a donkey. Group of women with flower baskets. Cart horses with coal carts. Man in peaked cap (French soldier?) does a comic dance for the camera.