Cliff Rescue 1968

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No title - Police hand over rescue work to firemen. Beachy Head. Eastbourne, Sussex.

L/S Beachy Head cliffs. M/S and L/S as two men walk towards cliff edge to throw dummy over. The dummy is released and goes over the cliff, pan with dummy. C/U Police Constable George Bennett having harness...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
57017
Sort Number:
68/099
Time in/Out:
01:46:36:00 / 01:47:40:00
Canister:
68/99
Film ID:
2085.22
Issue Date:
08/12/1968

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