Boy Canoe Makers 1956

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Eltham, London.

Woolwich Recreational Institute where teenage boys are having a carpentry lesson - building canoes under the guidance of woodwork instructor William Wright. Shots of boys aged between 16 and 21 using hammers hand drills and saws to build the canoes and then paint them.

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Cataloguer:
Carol
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2029
Sort Number:
CP 077
Time in/Out:
01:20:33:00 / 01:22:30:00
Canister:
CP 077
Film ID:
43.10
Issue Date:
18/06/1956

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