Smithfield Centenary (1968)

No title - Porters race as part of Smithfield Market centenary celebrations. London.
M/S three porters carrying carcasses of meat on their shoulders in the final heats of the Carcass Carrying Contest at Smithfield. Camera pans as porters run down market and one of them falls. M/S pan as two of them pass tape. M/S four more porters running towards camera carrying carcasses of meat, camera pans as they go past. M/S two more porters running towards camera and past it. M/S porters running up towards the tape in the final, Ted Clift is in the lead. M/S as he passes tape. M/S porters pulling wheelbarrows at start of wheelbarrow race. Camera pans as three go past. Various shots of the race, Ted Clift wins this race as well. M/S of Ted surrounded by porters and policemen congratulating him.
FILM ID:2075.18
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