Commercial Traveller For Britain 1929

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Description

Item title reads - Commercial traveller for Britain! Mr J. H. Thomas, Minister of Employment, home again from Canadian tour. Location unknown.

M/S as Mr Thomas poses with his wife, son and daughter. C/U of his face, he walks off.

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
18611
Sort Number:
G 1644
Time in/Out:
01:51:55:00 / 01:52:17:00
Canister:
G 1644
Film ID:
802.29
Issue Date:
23/09/1929

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