Boy Gets Real Engine 1962

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Titles read: "ESSEX - BOY GETS REAL ENGINE".

Buckhurst Hill.

Various shots of vintage and veteran vehicles including cars, commercial vehicles, a fire engine, miniature and full-sized traction engines at a charity rally in aid of the National Spastics Fund. C/U of small child eating...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
53518
Sort Number:
62/067
Time in/Out:
01:41:32:00 / 01:42:30:00
Canister:
62/67
Film ID:
1723.33
Issue Date:
20/08/1962

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