Cloudburst In Barking 1937

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Full title reads: "CLOUDBURST IN BARKING".

Barking, London.

Streets of Barking after storms. People clearing the bricks and wood blocks off the street, children helping. Flooded streets, cars driving through water, children playing in water etc.

Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
13601
Sort Number:
37/057
Time in/Out:
01:28:51:00 / 01:29:44:00
Canister:
37/57
Film ID:
927.28
Issue Date:
19/07/1937

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