Early Traffic Scenes 1890-1900

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Unused / unissued material - dates unclear or unknown.

Sunderland Bridge (1896) - Poor pedestrian, horse drawn carts, wagons and bus travel across bridge at Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.
Boar Lane, Leeds (1903) - Pedestrians, horse carts wagons and electric tram cross large open cross roads...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
60404
Sort Number:
UN 0001 A (A)
Time in/Out:
01:00:04:00 / 01:10:51:00
Canister:
UN 1 A (A)
Film ID:
1674.01
Issue Date:
1890 - 1900

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