Bricks Of Old 1938

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BRICKS OF OLD.

Brick making in county Durham, the whole process is done by hand.

M/S of young boy digging out clay and putting it in a wheelbarrow, he wheels it away into a shed and tips it out. Another man digs it and puts it into a big vat. M/S of a woman cutting and rolling the...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42411
Sort Number:
NSP 127
Time in/Out:
01:44:21:00 / 01:45:46:00
Canister:
NSP 127
Film ID:
1260.27
Issue Date:
01/09/1938

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