Cerne Abbas 1946

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Item title reads - Cerne Abbas (Dorset).

An electric milk float draws up outside a house in Cerne Abbas. C/U of Lady Pamela Digby, acting milk woman for the holiday fortnight. C/U of her husband Lord Edward Kenelm Digby in the driving seat, he writes in delivery book. They bought the van but...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45823
Sort Number:
46/067
Time in/Out:
01:09:55:00 / 01:10:48:00
Canister:
46/67
Film ID:
1408.07
Issue Date:
22/08/1946

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