Built In A Day 1930-1939

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Full title reads: "Built In A Day".

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Various shots of builders working on a concrete house. They put the moulding panels into place. VS of them collecting concrete from large mixer and pouring the mixture from their wheelbarrows into the gaps needed to make the walls....

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
80724
Sort Number:
UNI GAZ 050
Time in/Out:
01:00:00:00 / 01:02:01:00
Canister:
UNI GAZ ROLL 50
Film ID:
2741.01
Issue Date:
1930 - 1939

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