Buy British - If Not - Empire! 1933

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Full title reads: "Tilbury. But British ... if not ... Empire! Hon. Mr Bruce - High Commissioner - welcomes first shipment of Australian butter."

Tilbury Docks, Essex.

Crane lifts crates of Australian butter from hold of ship. The package is lowered to the deck and a man opens it up....

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
6715
Sort Number:
33/091
Time in/Out:
01:58:23:00 / 02:00:17:00
Canister:
33/91
Film ID:
735.47
Issue Date:
13/11/1933

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