22 Inch Water Main 1922

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Full title reads: "22 inch water main bursts causing great damage just as we are being asked to be economical with water!"

London.

Various panning M/S of crowd of people surveying damage to street. Long pile of rubble marks where water pipe ran. Pavement is covered in water. Workmen...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19377
Sort Number:
G 0846
Time in/Out:
01:53:06:00 / 01:53:31:00
Canister:
G 846
Film ID:
402.45
Issue Date:
30/01/1922

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