By Electric To Brighton - Sound Version 1933

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Full title reads; "By electric to Brighton - and 6 new trains an hour! Lord Mayor of London inaugurates Southern Railway's £2,750,000. electrified service to 'London by the Sea'."

Brighton, East Sussex.

An electrified train comes towards the camera. Shots of the train speeding along...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
5342
Sort Number:
33/001
Time in/Out:
01:05:44:00 / 01:07:51:00
Canister:
33/1
Film ID:
693.05
Issue Date:
02/01/1933

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