Drake's Island Adventure Playground 1965

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Drake's Island, Plymouth Sound, Devon.

Deserted gun emplacements on the Devon coastline. Shots of a cliff face. A group of young boys are here to get a "crack at hard work and the open air life". Various shots of them breaking up cement and clearing debris. It is an adventure holiday for these...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3889
Sort Number:
CP 567
Time in/Out:
01:35:55:00 / 01:37:40:00
Canister:
CP 567
Film ID:
343.04
Issue Date:
04/11/1965

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