Cities Of Britain - Birmingham No. 3 1931

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Full titles read: "Cities of Britain No. 3 - Birmingham - Described by Ald. Sir Percival Bower, MBE, JP, Lord Mayor, 1924-1926."

Birmingham, West Midlands.

Various shots of industrial locations in Birmingham including the Princes Electricity Station, workers coming out of a motor works...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
36966
Sort Number:
PT 069
Time in/Out:
01:01:39:00 / 01:03:20:00
Canister:
PT 069
Film ID:
1034.02
Issue Date:
20/07/1931

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