Billingsgate Hats 1949

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Billingsgate Fish Market, London.

L/S exterior Billingsgate Market. Various C/Us fish porters unloading van outside market, they carry large crates on their heads. Their heads are protected by the special type of leather hat they wear: "bobbins".

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44850
Sort Number:
NP 245
Time in/Out:
01:40:47:00 / 01:42:44:00
Canister:
NP 245
Film ID:
1369.26
Issue Date:
23/05/1949

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