Bricks For 10 Houses A Day 1938

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Latest type of excavator digging clay for bricks. Clay is loaded into wagons which transport it to a mill. There is a rope line which pulls the loaded wagons into the mill and empty wagons back to be filled again. Clay is placed onto conveyor belt where the stones are removed....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42490
Sort Number:
NSP 141
Time in/Out:
01:00:38:00 / 01:02:29:00
Canister:
NSP 141
Film ID:
1266.01
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1930s1 GBRJ 4 1930s Housing

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