Britain's First Double Decker Dream Town… 1946

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Title reads: "Britain's First Double Decker Dream Town".

Hastings, Sussex.

A scale model of Hastings showing what vision and planning can do to a town. General shots of the model: automated miniature traffic travels past modern buildings. Three men, probably town planners, look at...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45987
Sort Number:
46/081
Time in/Out:
01:27:51:00 / 01:28:39:00
Canister:
46/81
Film ID:
1412.21
Issue Date:
10/10/1946

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