Broken Parcels At 'heartbreak Corner' 1970

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Heartbreak Corner. Mount Pleasant in London

SV Interior showing broken parcels at Mount Pleasant GPO (General Parcel Post Office) parcel centre. CU Man examining broken parcel, pan to another. CU Man sorting out broken parcel. SV Group of women repairing broken parcels. SCU Ditto. CU Woman,...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
57677
Sort Number:
70/001
Time in/Out:
01:45:40:00 / 01:46:17:00
Canister:
70/1
Film ID:
2237.24
Issue Date:
01/01/1970

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