Cockles 1946

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Titles read: "COCKLES".

Leigh on Sea, Essex.

View of the waterfront at Leigh-on-Sea showing wooden-fronted buildings. The Osborne's fishing boat moves past and we travel with them down the estuary. The boat sails past Southend Pier. When they reach the sandbanks, they drop anchor and...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45529
Sort Number:
NP 112
Time in/Out:
01:57:11:00 / 02:00:26:00
Canister:
NP 112
Film ID:
1396.32
Issue Date:
04/11/1946

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