48 Paddington Street 1940-1949

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British Instructional Films Ltd presentation.

Directed by Mary Field. Photographed by Frank Bundy. Recordist D. Howells. The Professor: A. Lloyd James - Secretary to the B.B.C. Committee on Spoken English. [British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC] The Student: Dr M.D. Ratnasuriya B.A. Ph.D....

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
83497
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:07:11:00 / 01:12:20:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
2883.02
Issue Date:
1940 - 1949

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