Coal Hole Rubber 1965

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London.

Page Phillips, an antiques dealer, discovered that coal hole covers could be rubbed, just like brass rubbings. M/S of a man at night with his paper and rubbing equipment. He kneels on a pavement and starts rubbing to get a print. In the day, we see Page taping cartridge paper over a...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3791
Sort Number:
CP 542
Time in/Out:
01:03:57:00 / 01:05:26:00
Canister:
CP 542
Film ID:
323.02
Issue Date:
13/05/1965

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