Bridge Demolition 1959

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Gillingham, Kent.

L/S of an army vehicle (some kind of jeep) driving towards a little bridge. M/S of a vehicle crossing the bridge and stopping in the middle. A man comes out of the vehicle, looks underneath the bridge, goes back to a car and drives off. C/U shot of a man talking into black...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1425
Sort Number:
CP 227
Time in/Out:
01:43:01:00 / 01:45:06:00
Canister:
CP 227
Film ID:
89.16
Issue Date:
04/04/1959

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