Abolish All Tolls 1929

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Bath, North Somerset (formerly Avon).

Full titles read: "ABOLISH ALL TOLLS ! - Marquis of Bath - by the simple ceremony of cutting a tape - declares Bath Bridges free of tolls."

M/S of the Marquis of Bath with other dignitaries (one looks like the mayor), large crowds stand in the...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35971
Sort Number:
G 1618
Time in/Out:
01:07:14:00 / 01:08:25:00
Canister:
G 1618
Film ID:
794.06
Issue Date:
24/06/1929

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  • "(one looks like the mayor)" - that's Mayor Aubrey Bateman.

    jamied 6th Oct 2012

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