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Student's-eye view of 1920s Oxford
Overview
Take a punt on this student's-eye view of 1920s Oxford, by the director of later British classics like Gaslight
This documentary peep into student life in 1920s Oxford has the privileged insight of the students themselves. Produced by a collaboration of the Union Society and the Dramatic Society, it was compiled by Thorold Dickinson, who would go on to direct British classics like Gaslight (1940) and The Queen of Spades (1949).
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