245 Ft Up 1923

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Item title reads - 245 feet up. Crowds watch steeplejacks at work on top of spire of St. Andrew's Church. Worcester. Worcestershire.

L/S of a steeplejack climbing up the tower. M/S from underneath as someone runs up the ladder and another man swings on a rope holding a bit of equipment, he...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23853
Sort Number:
G 0994
Time in/Out:
01:08:08:00 / 01:09:25:00
Canister:
G 994
Film ID:
310.07
Issue Date:
05/07/1923

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