Bomb Crater Allotment 1942-1944

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Bomb crater allotment.

London.

Various shots of a house in Bayswater. Various shots of a bomb crater in the garden, the owner has adapted it into an allotment which grows vegetables and flowers.

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
58706
Sort Number:
NSP 315
Time in/Out:
01:30:50:00 / 01:31:19:00
Canister:
NSP 315
Film ID:
1544.16
Issue Date:
13/04/1944

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