Cambridgeshire Sweepstake (1930-1939)

Full title reads: “Cambridgeshire Sweepstake. Procession and mixing of counterfoils“. Location - possibly Dublin, Eire, Southern Ireland, Republic of Ireland. VS procession of women in fancy dress carry boxes of counterfoils off float and into building (possibly for Irish Sweepstake Lottery). They appear to be dressed as characters from mythology. A large crowd watches them pass. VS inside as the women pour the counterfoils into large machines which mix them up for the later draw. N.B. Item found in Unidentified Gazettes reel. FILM ID:2959.2 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and