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Real ‘Christopher Robin’ (Milne) in an amateur film from 1929

The son of Alan Alexander Milne (author of Winnie-the-Pooh, 1926), Christopher Robin Milne, appears briefly in a short amateur film – ‘Pageant of Ashdown Forest 1929’ – dressed as Winnie-the-Pooh character ‘Christopher Robin’ alongside children dressed as Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger and Kanga.

This films belongs to the Nightingale Family Collection held by Screen Archive South East.

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