A Home Is Bulldozed 1956

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Ringwood, Hampshire.

Defying Hampshire County Council's ban, widow Mitchell plans to rebuild the half-finished house the council bulldozed.

GV. Mrs Mitchell's partly demolished house. LV. Mrs Mitchell in front of her shack (improvised) feeding chickens. CU. Four pigs waiting to be...

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Cataloguer:
Bond
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
31931
Sort Number:
56/057
Time in/Out:
01:41:22:00 / 01:42:33:00
Canister:
56/57
Film ID:
587.38
Issue Date:
16/07/1956

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