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Canal Restoration 1962
Description
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.
Young volunteers set about restoring a disused canal.
L/S of an overgrown canal. Various shots of volunteers at work - building bonfires of old branches, chopping down weeds. A small crane is used to lift big bits of debris from the canal. M/S of...
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- Time in/Out:
- 01:43:06:00 / 01:44:47:00
- Canister:
- CP 401
- Film ID:
- 191.08
- Issue Date:
- 03/09/1962
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- strtaford on avon canals Coventry & Warwickshire Community Participation David Hutchings
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