Empire Exhibition - Full Speed Ahead At… 1938

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Titles read: "EMPIRE EXHIBITION - FULL SPEED AHEAD AT GLASGOW".

Glasgow, Scotland.

Various shots of the pavilions of the Empire Exhibition being built at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow. Men work on several areas of the exhibition site including the recreation of a Scottish highlands...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15913
Sort Number:
38/005
Time in/Out:
01:13:12:00 / 01:13:56:00
Canister:
38/5
Film ID:
951.19
Issue Date:
17/01/1938

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