A Ticklish Job AKA Wall Of Hop Exchange… 1920

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London.

Intertitle: "A TICKLISH JOB. Dangerous wall of Hop Exchange felled under supervision of Col. Fox, London Salvage Corps".

Low angle shot of a man climbing a ladder at the side of a tall building, he is silhouetted against the sky, he bangs something into the wall. L/S of the...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
21968
Sort Number:
G 0715
Time in/Out:
01:40:15:00 / 01:41:26:00
Canister:
G 715
Film ID:
220.41
Issue Date:

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