Air Cushion 1968

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Description

Tower Pier, London.

Strange inflated structure is constructed on the roof of a building - a clear plastic marquee with large air cushions inside. Lots of children with funky 1960s hairdos play in the precursor to the bouncy castle. They clamber around and bounce on air filled structures. Narrator...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4502
Sort Number:
CP 719
Time in/Out:
01:02:38:00 / 01:04:12:00
Canister:
CP 719
Film ID:
463.02
Issue Date:
03/10/1968

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