Birmingham's Lord Mayor Inaugurates A New… 1938

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Birmingham, West Midlands.

Various shots show the Mayor of Birmingham inaugurating a new housing scheme at a building site. He climbs up a ladder onto some scaffolding and places a special hallmark brick above the porch of a new house...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
15930
Sort Number:
38/006
Time in/Out:
01:24:11:00 / 01:24:37:00
Canister:
38/6
Film ID:
951.36
Issue Date:
20/01/1938

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